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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ecstasy falls under the category of synthetic or _________ drugs.






2. Prozac is the brand name for the antidepressant drug __________. It inhibits the reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin.






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






4. The amount of drug that must be given to obtain a particular response is called _______.






5. Originally - the __________ movement supported the drinking of beer and wine but was strongly opposed to distilled spirits.






6. The names of barbiturates all end in __.






7. The hallucinogenic effects of psilocybin are similar to those of LSD and __________.






8. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.






9. The leading cause of death in the US is _____________.






10. The legal opioid methadone - is used to treat heroin dependence by reducing severity of __________ symptoms.






11. The dried crushed leaves - flowers - stems and seeds of the cannabis sativa plant is called _______.






12. 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






13. ______________ and antipsychotics are two groups of drugs used to treat the symptoms associated with psychosis.






14. Almost all of the ______________ and other conventional antipsychotics produce pseudoparkinsonism.






15. Drugs which cause a loss of ______ are called Amnesiacs.






16. Marinol is a ____________ controlled substance.






17. Headaches - nosebleeds - nausea - drunken appearance and ______ eyes are all signs of inhalant abuse.






18. Drugs used to relieve _______ are called anxiolytics.






19. By the 1850s - the temperance movement supported not only a ban on distilled spirits but also a ban on all __________ beverages.






20. The branch of the _________ system involved in flight or fight reactions is called the sympathetic branch.






21. The two categories of psychoactive drugs are ______ (legal) and illicit (illegal).






22. GABA is a very widespread inhibitory neurotransmitter and ________ tends to have widespread inhibitory effects on neurons in the brain.






23. Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse - no current ________ use in the US and have been declared unsafe.






24. The ______ ______ ______ company was responsible for the smuggling of opium into China during the 1800s.






25. Both tricyclics and MAO inhibitors interfere with the reuptake of the neurotransmitters ______________ - dopamine - and serotonin.






26. Because of cross tolerance - methadone is effective at reducing the severity and delaying symptoms associated with heroin withdrawal. Methadone is a __________ opioid.






27. Another word for ____________ is psychedelic.






28. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.






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






30. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.






31. Crack is obtained by mixing cocaine with simple _________ chemicals - including baking soda and water - and then drying it--resulting in a lump of smokable cocaine.






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






33. Psychotic behavior when there is no known ________ cause refers to functional disorders.






34. The 66 unique chemicals found in cannabis are called ____________.






35. Urine drug tests are relatively ___________ screening tests that detect a variety of abused substances or their metabolites in urine.






36. Generally _________ refers to the psychological attachment to a drug.






37. _____ _______ studied cocaine for its potential as a treatment for a variety of ailments including depression and morphine dependence.






38. Physical dependence involves the need to continue using the drug to avoid __________ symptoms which include sickness and discomfort.






39. Examples of damage to the cardiovascular system caused by medical doses of amphetamines include increased heart rate - raised _______ _________ - and damage to veins and arteries.






40. Women are more likely to have problems with ______________ medicines.






41. In a recent study - 65.6% of full time employees reported _______ use within the past month.






42. REM sleep is the sleep phase associated with _______.






43. Columbus was presented tobacco by natives of ____ __________ in 1492 and he brought it with him back to Spain.






44. For a given class of ___ drug - all the competing brands contain the same few active ingredients.






45. Drugs which suppress the appetite are called ___________.






46. The second stage of drug addiction is increased use - in which the user starts to take increased amounts of the drug. This is followed by _____________ - the third stage of drug addiction.






47. For many years - ___________ sleeping pills were the drug of choice for people wishing to commit suicide.






48. Examples of opioid antagonists are _________ - nalorphine and naltrexone.






49. Because heroin is more _______ ________ - it is more potent and faster acting than morphine even though the effects of the two substances are identical.






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