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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. When cocaine use is suddenly stopped - a 'crash' follows almost instantaneously that is characterized by an intense ________ for more cocaine.
Craving
Opioid
16
Enzymes
2. Prozac is the brand name for the antidepressant drug __________. It inhibits the reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin.
Mental retardation
Enzymes
Fluoxetine
Toluene
3. Most studies show that alcohol is involved in about ____ _____ of all suicides.
Toluene
One-third
Enzymes
Clove
4. Some alcohol withdrawal symptoms can last for up to several ______.
Illicit
Cross tolerant
Ounces
Weeks
5. Chemicals in the brain that produce effects similar to morphine and other opium derived drugs are called __________.
Environment
High
Medicine
Endorphines
6. Nicotine is exceptionally _____ and has been used as an insecticide.
Toxic
Speedball
5
Coca
7. ___________ disease is a degenerative neurological disease involving damage to dopamine neurons.
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8. REM sleep is the sleep phase associated with _______.
Day
Sinsemilla
Peyote
Dreams
9. _______ professionals and their staff are the most likely to abuse nitrous oxide.
Medical
200
Homeostasis
Neonatal abstinence
10. LSD is one of the most potent ____________ drugs.
Cost
Depressants
Psychoactive
Drug
11. Most psychoactive drugs are taken by one of three basic routes: by mouth - _________ - or inhalation.
Methamphetamine
Structural analogs
Injection
Hallucinogens
12. Employee Assitance Programs or EAPs can also be known as _____ of Assistance programs.
Memory
Cost
Positive
Drug
13. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse - the typical narcotic habit costs $100 per ___.
Homeostasis
Tranquilizers
Day
Hydrochloride
14. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.
Atypical
Dependence
Large
Prostitutes
15. Drug induced respiratory depression is also called _______________ and is a common type of drug overdose death.
Congeners
Central nervous system
Crystal meth
Hypoventilation
16. Alcohol dependence as a disease is also known as disease model of alcohol dependence and this concept did not become really popular until ______________________ began to have a major influence in the 1940s and 1950s
Kerosene
Depressant
Barley
Alcoholics Anonymous
17. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.
THC
Molecular
Violent
41
18. Two OTC smoking _________ aids are nicotine gum and patches.
Potent
Cocaine
Smoked
Cessation
19. _______ withdrawal often lacks the severe physical symptoms that occur with heroin or alcohol withdrawal.
Lungs
Cocaine
More
5
20. Cocaine ___ (Hydrochloride) is water soluble and can easily be injected intravenously.
HCL
Illicit
Biological
Crystal meth
21. GHB is most well-known for its use in substances that disable users and make them vulnerable to sexual assault. _________ is another drug of this type.
Rohypnol
Contextual
LSD
Haldol
22. Poisonous alcohols include methyl - ethylene glycol and _________.
Sedative
Peers
Nail polish
Isopropyl
23. The effective dose (ED50) for LSD is many __________ of times smaller than that of other psychoactive drugs.
Heart beat
Thousands
Decrease
Transdermal patch
24. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.
Commonly
Autonomic
Antitussives
Cocaine
25. ______________ and antipsychotics are two groups of drugs used to treat the symptoms associated with psychosis.
Phenothiazines
Dependency
James
Epileptic seizures
26. The two main side effects of therapeutic doses of amphetamines are drug abuse and damage to the ______________ system.
Transdermal patch
More
Congestion rebound
Cardiovascular
27. Cocaine is absorbed so well into ________ __________ that it remains in use for surgery in the nasal - laryngeal - and esophageal regions.
Mucous membranes
Erich Goode
GABA
15
28. The theory that the popularity of marijuana increases when the risk associated with its use decreases is called _________ _____.
Mental retardation
Perceived risk
Structural analogs
1980
29. Precursors are the raw materials from which _________________ are made and are found circulating in the blood supply and generally in the brain.
Dreams
Pharmacy
Neurotransmitters
Tax
30. Drug assistance programs for drug-dependent employees are called _________.
Employee Assitance Programs
Legal Recreational Use
Pleasurable
Antihistamines
31. Drug ____________ occur when a drug enhances or inhibits the effect of another drug.
Constant
Depress
Interactions
Muscle tone
32. Urine drug tests are relatively ___________ screening tests that detect a variety of abused substances or their metabolites in urine.
Asleep
Incurable
Rapid
Inexpensive
33. Methyl alcohol is made from ____.
Dreams
Wood
Toxic
Toluene
34. The white powder that you generally associate with cocaine is the _____ form of cocaine known as cocaine hydrochloride.
Salt
Naltrexone
Irritability
Breathing
35. Drug misuse is the inappropriate use of OTC or ____________ medications.
Day
Prescription
Antifreeze
Rapid
36. National Prohibition of alcohol was successful in _________ alcohol consumption and alcoholrelated problems - but also led to a loss of alcohol taxes and increased law breaking.
Reducing
Psychedelics
Freebase
Autonomic
37. According to a recent study - men and women from ______ backgrounds are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit the habit.
Nicotine
Positive
Poorer
Generic
38. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.
Depressants
Cross tolerant
PCP
Grain neutral
39. A recent study indicated that persons aged 26 to __ were most likely to have used marijuana sometime during their life.
Fetal Alcohol
Mainlining
Smoking
34
40. Originally - the __________ movement supported the drinking of beer and wine but was strongly opposed to distilled spirits.
Medicine
Clozapine
Temperance
Anxiety
41. Inhalant abuse can begin as early as __________.
Preschool
Marinol
Barbiturate
Disease
42. The most important drug-metabolizing enzymes found in the liver belong to a group known as the ______ family of enzymes.
Chantix
Tobacco
CYP450
Enzymes
43. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.
Heroin
Legal Recreational Use
Resin
Slowly
44. Usually it takes approximately ___ years of heavy drinking of the equivalent of a pint or more of whiskey a day to develop cirrhosis of the liver.
10
Cigarettes
Lungs
Phyiscal
45. In high doses or if combined with alcohol - barbiturates can stop a person's __________.
Congeners
Breathing
Drinking
16
46. Opioids such as morphine and _______ are the drugs most often used for acute pain - such as short-term pain after surgery.
Autonomic
Artificial
Phenothiazines
Codeine
47. Drugs that block the action of morphine - heroin - or other opioids are called opioid ___________.
Phenothiazines
95
Andes
Antagonists
48. ___ was originally used as a surgical anesthetic and has hallucinogenic effects different from LSD and mescaline (peyote cactus).
Hair
One-third
PCP
Nonspecific
49. No prescription is required when purchasing ________________ drugs.
Hepatitis
Potent
Receptors
Over the counter
50. LSD is a synthetic substance and is the most ______ and notorious of the hallucinogens.
Hallucinations
Day
Pleasure
Potent