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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cannabis withdrawal syndrome (is or is not) listed in the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).






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






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






4. Physiological effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) include ________ in body temperature - heart rate and blood pressure - sweating and dilation of eye pupils.






5. GHB is a clear - colorless - odorless liquid associated with _____ ____.






6. The four ways to administer heroin are sniffing - _______ injection (intramuscular) - smoking - and intravenous injection (mainlining).






7. Smoking during pregnancy is associated with miscarriage - reduced birth weight - differences in body size and negative effects on physical / ______ development of the child.






8. ________ is a drug used for treating alcoholics. It makes them extremely sick if they drink even a small amount of alcohol.






9. illicit drug use - cocaine - marijuana - etc






10. Generally addiction refers to the ______ attachment to a drug.






11. The idea that alcohol dependence is a _______ goes back at least to the 1700s.






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






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






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






15. Cocaine ___ (Hydrochloride) is water soluble and can easily be injected intravenously.






16. Cocaine is absorbed so well into ________ __________ that it remains in use for surgery in the nasal - laryngeal - and esophageal regions.






17. Crack is also known as '_____'.






18. _________________ are commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders.






19. There are more than one ________ products currently abused as inhalants.






20. The primary psychoactive ingredient in tobacco is ________.






21. Traffic fatalities involving alcohol have _________ since 1980.






22. 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






23. Drugs with a high potential for abuse - with a currently accepted _______ use in the US - whose abuse may lead to severe physical or psychological dependence are listed under Schedule II.






24. Prodrugs are inactive in the original form and become active only after they are altered by the liver _______.






25. A person under the influence of CNS depressants will appear drunk. Intoxicating effects include drowsiness - slurred speech - and ___________.






26. The parasympathetic branch of the autonomic system stimulates digestion - slows the heart - and has other effects associated with a _______ physiological state.






27. The fourth stage of drug addiction is __________.






28. Amphetamines can be taken orally - intravenously or by _______.






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






30. The predominant style of tobacco use went from pipes to snuff to _______ to cigars to cigarettes.






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






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






33. The shorter the drug half life - the more __________ it is.






34. Cocaine is a ___________ controlled substance.






35. Because inhalants are so readily _________ - they present a special problem for prevention.






36. ________ _________ is the biological name for marijuana.






37. Approximately __% of people who use marijuana become addicted to it.






38. Current medical applications for cocaine are as a local __________ for ear - nose - and throat procedures.






39. ________ the proof number is the percentage of alcohol by volume.






40. The two major ________ pathways damaged in Parkinson's disease are acetylcholine and the nigrostriatal pathways.






41. Smoking is involved in about ___ percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease.






42. Almost all alcoholics suffering from withdrawal symptoms (about __%) can be treated in outpatient programs.






43. Nicotine is exceptionally _____ and has been used as an insecticide.






44. The substitution method of drug detoxification involves _________ the abused substance with a new - less-addicting drug.






45. Beer is created by adding ______ malt to cereal grains.






46. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.






47. Users of cocaine _____________ either 'snort' (sniff) or inject the drug intravenously.






48. The combination of amphetamine or cocaine with an opioid narcotic--often heroin--is called a _________.






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






50. ______ causing chemicals contained in tobacco are called nitrosamines.