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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Severe alcoholism often results in ____________ as a result of decreased caloric intake by alcoholics.






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






3. CYP450 enzymes ______ toxic chemicals once they are eaten.






4. Stimulants can maintain wakefulness - give a user a sense of increased energy - decrease ________ and temporarily elevate the mood.






5. Most illicit drugs cause an addiction in both the mother and the infant because drugs (cocaine - barbiturates - heroin - etc) pass through the _________ and reach the baby.






6. Psychological dependence develops most rapidly when the drug hits the ______ quickly.






7. LSD and other hallucinogens typically do not produce physical __________.






8. Smokers die _____ years earlier than nonsmokers.






9. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.






10. ___ is sometimes known as angel dust.






11. Hashish is the most ______ cannabis preparation - it's THC level can be as high as 28%.






12. Tremors and rigidity are two symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Similar damage to the dopamine neurons can occur as a side effect of some ______________ drugs.






13. MAO inhibitors - tricyclics and selective reuptake inhibitors are three types of ______________ drugs.






14. Nicotine nasal spray - nicotine inhalers and _________ are smoking cessation aids which require a doctor's prescription.






15. Alcoholics - who experience mild to _________ alcohol withdrawal symptoms - can usually be treated on an outpatient basis by a healthcare professional.






16. ______ is an antipsychotic medication used for treating psychotic disorders including Tourette's syndrome.






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






18. The four stages of alcohol withdrawal are _______ - hallucinations - delusions and seizures.






19. There are several FDA approved prescription drugs used to treat ________ - but only Lunesta has been approved for long term use.






20. The two ways psychoactive drugs achieve their effect is either by altering availability of the ___________ or by acting directly on the receptor.






21. Historically - as _______ use declined - amphetamine use increased.






22. Marijuana is the most commonly used ________ drug.






23. Bupropion is an ________________ used to reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms.






24. Whiskey - Scotch - and Brandy are examples of distilled beverages. They are also called '________'.






25. For a given class of ___ drug - all the competing brands contain the same few active ingredients.






26. Alcohol is the second leading substance abuse related cause of premature death among Americans (________ is first).






27. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.






28. Anabolic steroids are _________ drugs designed to build muscle mass while minimizing masculinizing effects attributed to testosterone.






29. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both medicinal herbs - often used to treat mild






30. Marijuana is known to lower intraocular (within the eye) pressure associated with ________.






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






32. Legal instrumental - illegal instrumental - legal recreational and illegal recreational use are the 4 types of drug use according to ___________.






33. The process where the body rids itself of drugs and alcohol is called ______________.






34. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.






35. During the 1800s - opium and morphine were the active ingredients found in many American ________ ________.






36. King ______ of England wrote a antitobacco pamphlet and he taxed tobacco to attempt to limit its use.






37. Three stimulants used by athletes in the early 1800s and 1900s were __________ - cocaine - and caffeine.






38. Toluene is the psychoactive chemical found in many commonly abused inhalants such as glues - paints - thinners and _____ ______.






39. _______ withdrawal often lacks the severe physical symptoms that occur with heroin or alcohol withdrawal.






40. Methyl alcohol is made from ____.






41. Drug _____ is to use a drug in a situation - manner or amount that it causes social - psychological - physical or occupational problems.






42. 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.






43. In addition to vitamins and minerals - the FDA defines dietary supplements as substances such as herbs - extracts of herbs - ___________ and concentrates.






44. The DSM-IV-TR is a manual which provides criteria for classifying mental disorders into hundreds of specific __________ categories.






45. Some smokers believe that _____ cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes.






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






47. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.






48. Most of the integration of information - learning and ______ occur in the central nervous system.






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






50. By the 1850s - the temperance movement supported not only a ban on distilled spirits but also a ban on all __________ beverages.