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DSST Substance Abuse

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1. ___________________ 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.






2. Considerable evidence supports the idea that some degree of vulnerability to alcohol dependence might be _________.






3. Precursors are the raw materials from which _________________ are made and are found circulating in the blood supply and generally in the brain.






4. Opioids are also known as _________.






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






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






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






8. The active ingredients for half of the prescriptions filled consist of only ____ drugs.






9. ________ is used primarily in conjunction with surgical anesthesia and is approximately a hundred times as potent as morphine.






10. The symptoms for withdrawal from any _________________ is similar to symptoms for alcohol withdrawal.






11. Two forms of cocaine which can be smoked are _____ and coca paste.






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






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






14. Other alcohols and oils contained in alcoholic beverages are called _________.






15. Onset of drug effects via inhalation is quite rapid because the capillary walls are very accessible in the _____ - and the drug thus enters the blood quickly.






16. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.






17. The concentration of _______ found in the blood is called the BAC.






18. Heroin illegally imported from Mexico is called _____ ____.






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






20. Clonidine can be administered by a _____________ ______ - which gradually releases the drug over a seven day period.






21. The introduction of antipsychotic drugs have caused a dramatic ________ in the population of mental hospitals.






22. According to a 1997 report - alcohol is involved in more than ___ thousand deaths in the US each year.






23. Severe alcoholism often results in ____________ as a result of decreased caloric intake by alcoholics.






24. Drug induced respiratory depression is also called _______________ and is a common type of drug overdose death.






25. Hormones and _________________ are two types of chemical signals important for maintaining homeostasis.






26. Drugs are more likely to produce psychological dependence if they have a _____ onset.






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






28. Nicotine _______ are also known as transdermal nicotine systems.






29. Tobacco is responsible for ___ thousand US deaths each year.






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






31. Depressants _________ the rate of various vital physiological activities - especially those of the central nervous system.






32. Ketamine is sometimes known as '_________' - has effects similar to PCP and is commonly used in veterinary hospitals as an anesthetic.






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






34. CNS depressants that promote relaxation and relieve anxiety are called _________.






35. 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






36. Physical dependence is related to _______________ tolerance.






37. Medical uses of _______________ include muscle relaxants - sleeping pills - treatment for convulsive disorders (epilepsy) - alcohol detoxification - and preoperative anesthesia (amnesiac).






38. ____ - also known as Ecstasy - produces both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects.






39. Poisonous alcohols include methyl - ethylene glycol and _________.






40. Amphetamine abusers often use ___________ - such as barbiturates to counteract the hyperactive feelings associated with high doses of amphetamines.






41. Diphenhydramine - hydroxyzine and promethazine are examples of OTC and prescription ______________ used as CNS depressants.






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






43. Some examples of stimulants include cocaine - ______________ - and caffeine.






44. The timing of the onset - duration - and termination of a drug's effect is called the ___________.






45. The BBB is very tight and excludes the brain uptake of all ______ molecule drugs and greater than 98% of small molecule drugs.






46. Benzodiazepines are classified by their ________ of action.






47. _____________ are drugs which cause hallucinations. They alter the way a user perceives reality and can affect emotions.






48. After a patient receives their first dose of lithium it takes at least __ days to see results.






49. For some drugs - the dependence is mostly _______________ - whereas for others - a user may develop a heavy physical dependence on the drug with just a few uses.






50. An irregular _____ _____ is called arrhythmia.