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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. ___________ disease is a degenerative neurological disease involving damage to dopamine neurons.
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2. The dosage difference between an acceptable level of effectiveness and the lowest _____ dose is called the safety margin.
Medical
Toxic
Mesolimbic
Less
3. According to a 1997 report - alcohol is involved in more than ___ thousand deaths in the US each year.
Benzodiazepines
Antihistamines
100
Medical
4. The important Xanthine varieties are caffeine - theophylline - and _____________.
Theobromine
Asleep
Hallucinogens
Crack
5. Ice is also known as '______________'.
Alcoholic
Epileptic seizures
Crystal meth
Illicit
6. Some alcohol withdrawal symptoms can last for up to several ______.
CYP450
Cocaine
Relaxed
Weeks
7. ___ was originally used as a surgical anesthetic and has hallucinogenic effects different from LSD and mescaline (peyote cactus).
Obesity
PCP
Sinsemilla
Cigarettes
8. Approximately 20 years ago - heroin was replaced by _______ as the most abused illicit drug in the US (other than marijuana).
Pharmacy
Endorphines
Cocaine
Tax
9. Another principal factor that affects drug use is __________.
Artificial
Nicotine
Contextual
Inexpensive
10. By the 1850s - the temperance movement supported not only a ban on distilled spirits but also a ban on all __________ beverages.
Alcoholic
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
Rate
Floaters
11. Nicotine nasal spray - nicotine inhalers and _________ are smoking cessation aids which require a doctor's prescription.
Opioids
Memory
Bupropion
Disease
12. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.
One half
Mainlining
Antidepressant
Cancer
13. _______ withdrawal often lacks the severe physical symptoms that occur with heroin or alcohol withdrawal.
Cocaine
Half life
Decreased
Switching
14. Drug _____ is to use a drug in a situation - manner or amount that it causes social - psychological - physical or occupational problems.
Skin
Congeners
Molecular
Abuse
15. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are more severe and more likely to cause death than withdrawal from _______.
Cumulative
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Heroin
120 pound woman
16. Aspirin is one of the most popular OTC drugs in the US. It is used for its analgesic - anti-____________and antipyretic effects.
Nicotine
Inflammatory
THC
Physical
17. __________________ is the most serious side effect of long term antipsychotic drug treatment.
Tardive dyskinesia
Neurotransmitters
Opioids
Medical
18. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.
Amphetamines
Pharmacological
Interactions
V
19. The opium plant contains both morphine and _______.
Indians
Codeine
Insomnia
Muscle spasms
20. The two ways psychoactive drugs achieve their effect is either by altering availability of the ___________ or by acting directly on the receptor.
Explosive
Depressants
Transmitter
Breathing
21. Almost all of the ______________ and other conventional antipsychotics produce pseudoparkinsonism.
Phenothiazines
Anxiety
Diarrhea
Legal Instrumental Use
22. Cannabis was declared illegal in the US in the year ____.
Breathing
1937
Withdrawal
Slowly
23. There are now more than 40 million former smokers in the United States - and about 90 percent of them report that they quit smoking _______ formal treatment programs.
Cost
Without
Grain neutral
25
24. Any substance that modifies mind or body function by distorting enhancing - or inhibiting them
Designer
Smoking
Neurotransmitters
Drug
25. The combination of amphetamine or cocaine with an opioid narcotic--often heroin--is called a _________.
Dose dependent
Insomnia
Toxic
Speedball
26. When alcohol is heated and the vapors are condensed into liquid form again - the process is called ____________.
Atypical
Benzodiazepines
Distillation
Nicotine
27. ________ - tobacco and marijuana are commonly called gateway drugs.
Physical
Bipolar disorder
Alcohol
Body
28. For a given class of ___ drug - all the competing brands contain the same few active ingredients.
OTC
Breaks down
Constant
Available
29. One of the most common opioid side effects is ____________.
Constipation
Antagonists
Poppers
Mushrooms
30. Medical science has used opium as a pain reliever and also to treat _________ and dehydration caused by dysentery.
Day
13-14
Diarrhea
Generic
31. Withdrawal symptoms for marijuana include: irritability - restlessness - _________ appetite - weight loss and abnormal sleep.
Nutrients
Decreased
Positive
Inherited
32. Prior to 1965 - the most common medical use of amphetamines was for the treatment of _______.
Depressants
Obesity
Pharmacodynamic
Social
33. A _______ drug is capable of passing the blood-brain barrier and influencing the brain's activity.
Heart Disease
Psychoactive
Caffeine
Illicit
34. The fourth stage of drug addiction is __________.
Withdrawal
Dependency
Hair
Hypnotics
35. ____ - also known as Ecstasy - produces both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects.
THC
I
MDMA
Tax
36. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.
Tax
Instantly
High
Benzodiazepines
37. Nicotine _______ are also known as transdermal nicotine systems.
Medical
Patent medicines
34
Patches
38. ________ is a drug used for treating alcoholics. It makes them extremely sick if they drink even a small amount of alcohol.
Fentanyl
Antabuse
Distillation
Employee Assitance Programs
39. In the relief stage - a user experiences satisfaction by _________ from negative feelings such as boredom - anger - stress - fatigue and loneliness.
Columbus
Disease
Loco weed
Escaping
40. In a recent survey - __ percent of high-dose marijuana users reported some withdrawal symptoms upon quitting - most commonly nervousness and sleep disturbance.
Antipsychotics
Recreational
16
Spirits
41. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.
Autonomic
Gateway
Speed
Benzodiazepines
42. Psychotic behavior resulting from a known ________ cause is called an organic disorder.
Physical
Cocaine
Cocaine
Skin
43. Even the newest ______________ drugs are only a little better than placebo.
Sedative
Antidepressant
Xanthines
Fluoxetine
44. Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse - no current ________ use in the US and have been declared unsafe.
Hallucinogens
Decreased
Erich Goode
Medical
45. Amnesiac and anesthesia effects are common among hypnotics when used in _____ doses.
High
Social
Evaporate
13-14
46. Approximately _% of alcoholics - who experience alcohol withdrawal symptoms - must be treated in a hospital or in an alcohol rehabilitation facility that specializes in detoxification.
Steroids
5
Women
10
47. The active ingredients for half of the prescriptions filled consist of only ____ drugs.
Congeners
200
Ethanol
Blood-brain
48. Whiskey - Scotch - and Brandy are examples of distilled beverages. They are also called '________'.
Enzymes
Psychoactive
1980
Spirits
49. The theory that the popularity of marijuana increases when the risk associated with its use decreases is called _________ _____.
Mainlining
Perceived risk
Drug safety
20
50. Because their effect varies depending on the dose - CNS depressants are said to be _____ ________.
OTC
Weight control
Dose dependent
Physical