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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Two major illicit stimulants are _______ and amphetamines.
Prostitutes
Sedatives
Cocaine
Constipation
2. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are more severe and more likely to cause death than withdrawal from _______.
Autonomic
Common
Thousand
Heroin
3. ________ - tobacco and marijuana are commonly called gateway drugs.
Bipolar disorder
Alcohol
Social
Neurotransmitters
4. The white powder that you generally associate with cocaine is the _____ form of cocaine known as cocaine hydrochloride.
Salt
Memory
Cross tolerant
Psychological
5. Floaters (chippers) usually don't maintain their own supply of drugs but prefer to use...
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6. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.
Antitussives
Inherited
Surroundings
Resin
7. Methylphenidate and Ritalin are both ______________.
Autonomic
Rock
Recreational
Amphetamines
8. _______________ is a highly addictive stimulant that is cheaper and much longer lasting than cocaine.
Pharmaceutical
Decrease
Methamphetamine
Reducing
9. For a given class of ___ drug - all the competing brands contain the same few active ingredients.
Designer
Fetal Alcohol
Adolescents
OTC
10. Most drugs are derived directly or indirectly from ______.
Substitution
Nonspecific
25
Plants
11. _______ is absorbed most quickly through smoking and intravenous injection.
Fermentation
Day
Cocaine
Cardiovascular
12. The names of barbiturates all end in __.
Al
Cocaine
Methamphetamine
Illicit
13. Drugs with a long half life stay in the body for a very long time without significantly diminishing in strength - for example - ________ ________.
Blood thinners
Structural analogs
Instrumental
Nicotine
14. Although they were originally called _____________ - antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis without producing drowsiness.
Tranquilizers
Molecular
Norepinephrine
Depressants
15. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.
Temperance
LSD
Laughing gas
Gateway
16. Ice is also known as '______________'.
Dopamine
Preoccupation
Crystal meth
Brain
17. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.
Breathing
Equal opportunity
Antidepressant
Phenothiazines
18. The primary purpose for the creation of the 1938 Federal Food - Drug - and Cosmetic Act was ___________.
1937
Drug safety
120 pound woman
Marijuana
19. Severe alcoholism often results in ____________ as a result of decreased caloric intake by alcoholics.
Dentists
Malnutrition
Hemp rope
Neurotransmitters
20. Marinol is a ____________ controlled substance.
Gateway
Active
Relief
Schedule III
21. The parasympathetic branch of the autonomic system stimulates digestion - slows the heart - and has other effects associated with a _______ physiological state.
Codeine
Nicotine
Speed
Relaxed
22. The FDA restricted amphetamine use to _____ ______ weight reduction programs in 1970.
Xanthines
Addictive
Short term
Strychnine
23. The antidepressant drug __________ was originally used to treat tuberculosis.
Heroin
Pinpoint
Atypical
Iproniazid
24. The 3 groups of inhalants include volatile substances - ___________ and Nitrites.
13-14
Anesthetics
Erich Goode
Congestion rebound
25. Cocaine is derived from the ____ plant.
Legal Instrumental Use
Decreased
Alcohol
Coca
26. The category of volatile substances includes adhesives (glues) - aerosols (hair spray - spray paint) - fuels (gasoline - propane) - and office supplies (____ ____ markers).
Felt tip
Mental
100
Illicit
27. GHB is a clear - colorless - odorless liquid associated with _____ ____.
Date rape
Amphetamines
Al
Amphetamines
28. _______ professionals and their staff are the most likely to abuse nitrous oxide.
Medical
Environment
Antidepressant
Withdrawal
29. 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.
Fetal Alcohol
Thousands
Relaxed
Rohypnol
30. Nicotine nasal spray - nicotine inhalers and _________ are smoking cessation aids which require a doctor's prescription.
Bupropion
Haldol
Cocaine
Intoxicating
31. Some alcohol withdrawal symptoms can last for up to several ______.
26
Weeks
III
Stimulant
32. 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.
Blood pressure
Codeine
Myopia
Indians
33. Ingesting too much caffeine can result in nervousness - irritability - _______________ and insomnia - etc.
Neurotransmitters
Methamphetamine
Anabolic steroid
Muscle spasms
34. Smokers often report ________ _____ when they quit smoking.
Weight gain
Somatic
Magic mushrooms
Muscle
35. Alcoholics - who experience mild to _________ alcohol withdrawal symptoms - can usually be treated on an outpatient basis by a healthcare professional.
Glaucoma
Weeks
Moderate
Slowly
36. taking prescribed or over the counter (OTC) drugs for illness
Breathing
Mucous
Legal Instrumental Use
Mucous membranes
37. Alcohol is the second leading substance abuse related cause of premature death among Americans (________ is first).
Obesity
MDMA
Tobacco
Marijuana
38. Some smokers believe that _____ cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes.
Clove
Day
10
20
39. Any substance that modifies mind or body function by distorting enhancing - or inhibiting them
Codeine
Alcohol
Drug
Psychoactive
40. Nitrites are sometimes called '________' and come in small vials or tubes.
Poppers
Somatic
Eliminate
Pharmacodynamic
41. ____ - also known as Ecstasy - produces both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects.
Placebo
Benzodiazepines
MDMA
Kerosene
42. The most widely used __________ is alcohol.
James
Tax
Depressant
Mental
43. Two brain imaging techniques are ___ and MRI.
Clozapine
Pinpoint
Phenothiazines
PET
44. Even the newest ______________ drugs are only a little better than placebo.
Schedule II
Narcan
Sudden sniffing death
Antidepressant
45. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.
Hypnotics
Dose response
III
OTC
46. The timing of the onset - duration - and termination of a drug's effect is called the ___________.
Family
Replacing
Time course
10
47. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.
Felt tip
Caffeine
Floaters
10
48. Naltrexone is used to block opioid effects so that a user doesn't feel any of the reinforcing _____________ effects of using an opioid.
Large
Lungs
Phenothiazines
Pleasurable
49. Because drug use can be found in all parts of society regardless of income - education - occupation - social class - and age - it is called an ________ ________ affliction.
Cocaine
Synthetic
High
Equal opportunity
50. An interesting effect of LSD use is that of ___________ - a 'mixing of senses.'
Decrease
Sedative
Synesthesia
Withdrawal