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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ______ is the brand name for naloxone.
Date rape
GABA
Narcan
Opium
2. The opium plant contains both morphine and _______.
Smaller
Legal Instrumental Use
Codeine
100
3. Drug ____________ occur when a drug enhances or inhibits the effect of another drug.
Depressants
Chlorpromazine
Interactions
MDMA
4. The second stage of drug addiction is increased use - in which the user starts to take increased amounts of the drug. This is followed by _____________ - the third stage of drug addiction.
Cost
Physical
Preoccupation
Craving
5. MDMA - popularly known as ecstasy - is a drug popular at clubs and '_____' since the 1980s.
Withdrawal
Pharmaceutical
Raves
Psychological
6. Studies have shown that it typically takes at least 2 or 3 ______ for a heroin user to become addicted.
Autonomic
Chewing
Months
Hypoventilation
7. Varenicline (_______) is a prescription drug used for smoking cessation.
Magic mushrooms
Antabuse
Chantix
Breathing
8. The CNS consists of the brain and _____________.
60
Anesthetics
Dropouts
Spinal cord
9. Smokers often report ________ _____ when they quit smoking.
Heart attacks
Transdermal patch
60
Weight gain
10. Cannabis addiction is ______ harmful than addiction to tobacco - prescription drugs or alcohol.
Cocaine
Andes
Atypical
Less
11. Clove cigarettes contain ___% more tobacco as well as more tar and nicotine than regular cigarettes.
60
Cannabis sativa
Graduates
Appetite
12. Drugs which suppress the appetite are called ___________.
OTC
Myopia
Breathing
Anorexiants
13. For many years - ___________ sleeping pills were the drug of choice for people wishing to commit suicide.
Barbiturate
Months
Black Tar
Day
14. Not everyone praised the use of tobacco; many _______ it.
Cocaine
Opposed
Breaks down
Opiate
15. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.
PCP
Nicotine
Benzodiazepines
Floaters
16. With sales exceeding $160 billion a year - the legal ______________ industry is one of the largest and most profitable industries in the United States.
Barbiturate
Pharmaceutical
30
Decreased
17. Physical dependence is related to _______________ tolerance.
Distillation
Rapid
Epileptic seizures
Pharmacodynamic
18. The four ways to administer heroin are sniffing - _______ injection (intramuscular) - smoking - and intravenous injection (mainlining).
Muscle
Cocaine
DMT
Crystal meth
19. The use of alcohol is statistically associated with homicide - assault - _______ violence and suicide
Solvents
Escaping
Family
10
20. Common opioids include morphine - codeine - _____ and methadone.
Without
Anorexiants
Unknown
Heroin
21. Withdrawal symptoms are more likely to develop with drugs that _____ the system quickly.
Brain
Leave
I
Social
22. Social factors refer to things such as _____ - family background - subculture - etc. that can influence drug use. Cultural factors refer to broader customs and traditions within the society--i.e. in certain cultures - there may be a culture that enco
Spirits
30
Peers
Mainlining
23. Pharmacodynamic tolerance occurs when the brain attempts to maintain _____________ by altering the nervous system's sensitivity.
Dietary supplements
Alcohol
Potency
Homeostasis
24. Physical dependence involves the need to continue using the drug to avoid __________ symptoms which include sickness and discomfort.
Cocaine
Withdrawal
Chlorpromazine
Heart attacks
25. The __________ of alcohol by the liver occurs at a constant rate that is not much influenced by body size.
Physical
Metabolism
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
Inflammatory
26. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.
Social
Cocaine
Resin
Black Tar
27. BAC level in an individual is influenced by drinkers body type - food in the stomach - concentration of alcohol - and ____ of consumption.
Sedative
Steroids
Hallucinogens
Rate
28. Users of cocaine _____________ either 'snort' (sniff) or inject the drug intravenously.
Patent medicines
Hydrochloride
Without
Dentists
29. Originally it was believed that the occurrences of paranoid psychosis in cocaine and amphetamine users was caused by a pre-existing _______ condition or due to sleep deprivation.
Mental
Special K
Crystal meth
Enzymes
30. Historically - as _______ use declined - amphetamine use increased.
Instantly
Cocaine
Schedule I
Obesity
31. The opioid antagonist __________ selectively blocks opioid effects - preventing the user from experiencing the reinforcing effects of the abused drug (for example - heroin).
Mucous membranes
Inherited
Synthetic
Naltrexone
32. In the late 1800s the typical ______ user was a middle aged white woman who functioned well and was adjusted to her life as a wife and mother.
British East India
Iproniazid
Opioid
Duration
33. Marijuana is known to lower intraocular (within the eye) pressure associated with ________.
Glaucoma
Women
Constipation
34
34. A drug is categorized as Schedule _ if it has a low potential for abuse - a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States - and its abuse may lead to limited physical or psychological dependence.
Evaporate
95
Poppers
V
35. The most common age group to report the most illicit drug use is 18 to __.
25
Expectancy
Heroin
Mushrooms
36. _____ drug use refers to using a drug with a specific functional purpose--not for recreation
Smoking
Emphysema
Depressants
Instrumental
37. The introduction of antipsychotic drugs have caused a dramatic ________ in the population of mental hospitals.
Injection
Decrease
Body
Hemp rope
38. Another word for ____________ is euphorigenic.
Illicit
Intoxicating
Cannabinoids
Kerosene
39. Because inhalants are so readily _________ - they present a special problem for prevention.
Parkinson's
Other's drugs.
Available
Cessation
40. ___________________ syndrome (NAS) is a group of problems that occur in a newborn who was exposed to addictive - illegal or prescription drugs while in the mother's womb.
Neonatal abstinence
Schedule II
Illicit
Paradoxica
41. Men are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than women and pregnant women are less likely to use drugs than women who are not pregnant.
Psychoactive
Alcoholics Anonymous
More
Cigarettes
42. The 1914 Harrison Act regulated sales of opiates and _______.
Cocaine
MDMA
Placebo
Memory
43. Aspirin is one of the most popular OTC drugs in the US. It is used for its analgesic - anti-____________and antipyretic effects.
Preschool
Less
I
Inflammatory
44. These drugs alter perceptions of reality. They can affect sense of taste - smell - hearing and vision. Sometimes they are called ______________.
Psychedelics
James
Cocaine
THC
45. Bupropion is an ________________ used to reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
Alcohol
Psychological
Antidepressant
Structural analogs
46. A substance that has less potential for abuse than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II - has a currently accepted medical use in the US - and whose abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence
OTC
PCP
Potent
III
47. King ______ of England wrote a antitobacco pamphlet and he taxed tobacco to attempt to limit its use.
Explosive
Resin
Half life
James
48. Beer is created by adding ______ malt to cereal grains.
Barley
Weight gain
Antihistamines
Fentanyl
49. Most illicit _______________ consumed in the United States is produced in small laboratories which might exist for only a few days in a remote area before moving on.
Cumulative
Benzodiazepines
Methamphetamine
Toxic
50. The FDA restricted amphetamine use to _____ ______ weight reduction programs in 1970.
Toxic
Anxiety
Short term
Unknown