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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.






2. Anabolic steroids build muscle mass by stimulating the conversion of _________ into tissue.






3. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)






4. _________ drugs produce wakefulness and a sense of energy and well-being.






5. The 66 unique chemicals found in cannabis are called ____________.






6. All reinforcing drugs (drugs that reinforce their use) stimulate dopamine neurons in the __________ system.






7. Drug ____________ occur when a drug enhances or inhibits the effect of another drug.






8. _______ drugs are illegal to own or use. Some examples are cocaine - LSD and marijuana.






9. The _____ ____ of heroin is 15-30 minutes.






10. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.






11. Flashbacks are the recurrence of certain aspects of the drug experience weeks or months after an individual has taken ___.






12. There are more than one ________ products currently abused as inhalants.






13. Both tricyclics and MAO inhibitors interfere with the reuptake of the neurotransmitters ______________ - dopamine - and serotonin.






14. Injecting an illegal drug intravenously is called __________.






15. ________ the proof number is the percentage of alcohol by volume.






16. Psychotic behavior when there is no known ________ cause refers to functional disorders.






17. The blood-brain barrier is a semipermeable structure that protects the brain from potentially ______ chemicals circulating in the blood.






18. Drug dependence is made up of both ________ and psychological factors.






19. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.






20. Heart rate and blood pressure are two of the many functions regulated by the _________ nervous system.






21. A situation where repeated administration of the same dose of a drug results in gradually ___________ effects is called tolerance.






22. Two consequences of illicit drug use are lost productivity and increased ___________ costs.






23. Nitrites are sometimes called '________' and come in small vials or tubes.






24. The time from the patient receiving their first dose of antipsychotic medication until the first result is seen is at least __ days.






25. A drug is FDA approved for OTC (Over the Counter) sales only after an advisory panel agrees it can be used safely when following the __________ on the label.






26. The psychological effects of LSD - mescaline - and psilocybin can be blocked with ________.






27. Almost ___ % of 8th graders have abused an inhalant sometime in their life.






28. illicit drug use - cocaine - marijuana - etc






29. ______________ are unhealthy because they interfere with REM sleep.






30. Examples of Schedule I drugs include _______ - LSD - and marijuana.






31. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.






32. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.






33. ________ antipsychotics are effective at reducing both the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.






34. The two categories of psychoactive drugs are ______ (legal) and illicit (illegal).






35. Approximately __% of people who use marijuana become addicted to it.






36. ______________ and antipsychotics are two groups of drugs used to treat the symptoms associated with psychosis.






37. The hallucinogenic effects of psilocybin are similar to those of LSD and __________.






38. The Soviets were the first to use ________ to build up their athletes.






39. Many plant-produced chemicals have effects on the intestines or muscles; others alter ______ biochemistry.






40. FDA approved THC in capsule form is called _______.






41. The somatic system carries sensory information into the CNS and carries ______ (movement) information back out.






42. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a condition affecting children born to alcoholic mothers - characterized by facial deformities - growth deficiency - and ____________________.






43. ________ drugs are developed to eliminate the illegality of a drug by modifying a drug into a new compound.






44. The freebase method of smoking cocaine can be very dangerous because the combination of fire and ether fumes is extremely __________.






45. In laboratory studies - the balanced placebo design is used to separate the pharmacological effects of alcohol from the alcohol __________ effects.






46. Several studies have found a lower incidence of _____________ in moderate drinkers than in abstainers






47. Alcohol ______ - is the tendency for someone under the influence of alcohol to focus on the here and now and to pay less attention to long term consequences.






48. Three derivatives of the cannabis plant are __________ - hashish - and ganja.






49. Respiratory depression is the most common type of drug _________ death--people simply stop breathing.






50. Acne and baldness in men - decreased breast size and facial hair in women are some of the side effects associated with ________________ use.