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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The three types of names that are applied to drugs are the _______ name - the chemical name - and the brand name.
Designer
Opiate
Generic
Available
2. Smokers often report ________ _____ when they quit smoking.
Nonspecific
Psychedelics
Weight gain
Coca
3. Gender affects BAC because the average female has a higher proportion of _________ and therefore - for a given weight has less volume in which to distribute the alcohol.
Body fat
Antagonists
Medical
Depressants
4. Ingesting too much caffeine can result in nervousness - irritability - _______________ and insomnia - etc.
Fermentation
Epileptic seizures
Muscle spasms
Crack
5. The BBB is very tight and excludes the brain uptake of all ______ molecule drugs and greater than 98% of small molecule drugs.
Hemp rope
Large
Long
Heroin
6. REM sleep is the sleep phase associated with _______.
I
Eliminate
Dreams
Alcohol
7. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.
Depressants
Slowly
Floaters
Xanthines
8. Most psychoactive drugs can be categorized as stimulants - depressants - opioids - hallucinogens - or _________________ agents.
Antihistamines
4-6
Psychedelics
Psychotherapeutic
9. Herbs and _________ were used by early Greeks in Olympic games to enhance their performance.
95
Antihistamines
Mushrooms
Cannabinoids
10. Cocaine is used for _________ ___________ and vasoconstriction for surgery of the mouth - nose - and throat.
Alcohol
Other's drugs.
Codeine
Topical anesthesia
11. A person who has narcolepsy falls ______ as often as 50 times a day.
Antidepressant
Asleep
Psychoactive
Hemp rope
12. Alcoholic fatty liver - alcoholic _________ - and cirrhosis are all liver disorders associated with heavy use of alcohol.
Anesthetic
Hepatitis
Potent
Active
13. Many ________ remedies have been used for anxiety disorder and depression. These include Kava Kava (also known as Kava Root) and St John's Wort.
One-third
Natural
Directions
Rate
14. ___ is sometimes known as angel dust.
Dose response
Toxic
PCP
Salt
15. Cannabis addiction is ______ harmful than addiction to tobacco - prescription drugs or alcohol.
Antidepressant
Less
Social
Poorer
16. Crack is also known as '_____'.
Psychedelics
Long
Rock
Codeine
17. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.
Neurotransmitters
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Cancer
Opioids
18. Drugs are said to be ______ ________ when tolerance to one reduces the effectiveness of each of the others.
Cross tolerant
Brain tissue
Caffenism
Illicit
19. Alcohol - cigarettes - and _________ are called gateway drugs because their use is often believed to lead to the use of other stronger drugs.
Antitussives
Absorbed
Heart beat
Marijuana
20. The 1914 Harrison Act regulated sales of opiates and _______.
Cocaine
Physical
Depression
Anesthetics
21. Opioid overdose can be diagnosed on the basis of the opioid triad: coma - depressed respiration - and ________ pupils.
Pinpoint
60
Behavioral tolerance
Inherited
22. CYP450 enzymes ______ toxic chemicals once they are eaten.
Marinol
Eliminate
Fluoxetine
Tremors
23. using drugs to achieve some goal other than the prescribed use - for example taking pills to stay awake and drive all night.
Low
Nicotine
Illegal Instrumental Use
Eliminate
24. Because their effect varies depending on the dose - CNS depressants are said to be _____ ________.
Dose dependent
Cross tolerant
Decreased
13-14
25. Bupropion is an ________________ used to reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
Opium
Placenta
Antidepressant
Time course
26. Current medical applications for cocaine are as a local __________ for ear - nose - and throat procedures.
Psychological
Toxic
Anesthetic
Laughing gas
27. Acne and baldness in men - decreased breast size and facial hair in women are some of the side effects associated with ________________ use.
Anabolic steroid
Cocaine
Muscle spasms
Ounces
28. 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.
Withdrawal
Loco weed
Opioid
26
29. Drugs with a high potential for abuse - no currently accepted medical use in the US - and declared unsafe are listed under Schedule _.
Illicit
I
Switching
Tobacco
30. The 'cold turkey' method - in which the addict suffers the symptoms of withdrawal until the cravings for the drug are no longer felt - is the most ______ method of heroin detoxification.
Eyes
Magic mushrooms
Heroin
Common
31. According to a recent survey - __% of Americans have used marijuana in their lifetime.
41
Clove
Body fat
Alcohol
32. ________ drugs are developed to eliminate the illegality of a drug by modifying a drug into a new compound.
Designer
Freebase
Hypnotics
Muscle
33. Drug assistance programs for drug-dependent employees are called _________.
Mainlining
Employee Assitance Programs
Watery
Equilibrium
34. The addiction rate for tobacco is 20 to 30% - for alcohol the rate is 15% - and for cocaine its __%.
Pharmacodynamic
20
Abuse
Biological
35. The two major ________ pathways damaged in Parkinson's disease are acetylcholine and the nigrostriatal pathways.
Dopamine
Illicit
Depressants
Acetylcholine
36. Cross tolerance exists between LSD - mescaline and __________.
1980
Breaks down
Narcan
Psilocybin
37. Common opioids include morphine - codeine - _____ and methadone.
Psychotherapeutic
Heroin
Commonly
Dependency
38. Severe alcoholism often results in ____________ as a result of decreased caloric intake by alcoholics.
Behavioral tolerance
Legal Instrumental Use
Malnutrition
Family
39. King ______ of England wrote a antitobacco pamphlet and he taxed tobacco to attempt to limit its use.
Dose dependent
James
Muscle spasms
Alcohol
40. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.
Dose response
Dronabinol
Andes
Toluene
41. Alcoholics - who experience mild to _________ alcohol withdrawal symptoms - can usually be treated on an outpatient basis by a healthcare professional.
Moderate
Antihistamines
Paradoxica
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
42. _________ are the oldest stimulants known. They are found in tea - coffee - soft drinks and chocolate.
Instantly
PCP
Inexpensive
Xanthines
43. The dried crushed leaves - flowers - stems and seeds of the cannabis sativa plant is called _______.
Marijuana
Smoking
120 pound woman
10
44. Not everyone praised the use of tobacco; many _______ it.
Antidepressant
Nail polish
Toluene
Opposed
45. ___________ is considered the fifth and final stage of drug addiction.
Withdrawal
Women
Inhalant
Cocaine
46. GABA is a very widespread inhibitory neurotransmitter and ________ tends to have widespread inhibitory effects on neurons in the brain.
Commonly
Antagonists
Isopropyl
Alcohol
47. When using snuff or chewing tobacco - nicotine is absorbed through the ______ lining of the mouth.
Depressants
Mucous
Liver
Temperance
48. The predominant style of tobacco use went from pipes to snuff to _______ to cigars to cigarettes.
Licit
Chewing
Toxic
OTC
49. The Native American Church's use of ______ has been controversial throughout the twentieth century.
Haldol
Indians
Peyote
Antidepressant
50. The timing of the onset - duration - and termination of a drug's effect is called the ___________.
Time course
III
Temperance
Solvents