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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Gender affects BAC because the average female has a higher proportion of _________ and therefore - for a given weight has less volume in which to distribute the alcohol.
Body fat
Preschool
Cost
Neurotransmitters
2. Anabolic steroids build muscle mass by stimulating the conversion of _________ into tissue.
Pharmacy
Blindness
Is Not
Nutrients
3. Opioid overdose can be diagnosed on the basis of the opioid triad: coma - depressed respiration - and ________ pupils.
Instantly
Pinpoint
Football
Weight
4. using drugs to achieve some goal other than the prescribed use - for example taking pills to stay awake and drive all night.
Illegal Instrumental Use
Hypoventilation
Delirium tremens
Nonspecific
5. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.
Transmitter
Other's drugs.
I
Breathing
6. Marijuana is known to lower intraocular (within the eye) pressure associated with ________.
Day
Illegal Recreational Use
Glaucoma
Nutrients
7. Methyl alcohol is made from ____.
Watery
Relief
Wood
1933
8. There are more than one ________ products currently abused as inhalants.
I
Isopropyl
Malnutrition
Thousand
9. Drug dependence is made up of both ________ and psychological factors.
Chlorpromazine
Wood
Weight gain
Physical
10. ___________ and Chondroitin are both herbal dietary supplements that contribute to joint strength and are used to used to relieve the discomfort of arthritis.
Glucosamine
Commonly
James
Appetite
11. Both tricyclics and MAO inhibitors interfere with the reuptake of the neurotransmitters ______________ - dopamine - and serotonin.
Day
Sleeping pills
Felt tip
Norepinephrine
12. ____________ drugs are drug compounds (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter consciousness and/or perceptions.
Tobacco
Psychoactive
Clove
Schedule I
13. ________ - benzodiazepines and opioid narcotics are also used for this purpose.
Leukoplakia
Cost
Alcohol
Unknown
14. ______ factors refer to how the drug actually affects the body.
Decrease
Haldol
Equal opportunity
Pharmacological
15. Smokers often report ________ _____ when they quit smoking.
Psychological
Weight gain
Preschool
0.4
16. The Native American Church's use of ______ has been controversial throughout the twentieth century.
Methamphetamine
Mucous
Heart attacks
Peyote
17. Approximately _% of alcoholics - who experience alcohol withdrawal symptoms - must be treated in a hospital or in an alcohol rehabilitation facility that specializes in detoxification.
Acetylcholine
5
Sigmund Freud
Blood pressure
18. Herbs and _________ were used by early Greeks in Olympic games to enhance their performance.
Tissue
Mushrooms
Cocaine
Cocaine
19. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.
V
Peyote
Narcotics
THC
20. The symptoms for withdrawal from any _________________ is similar to symptoms for alcohol withdrawal.
Antidepressant
Positive
Hallucinations
Sedative hypnotic
21. Its believed that antipsychotic drugs work by blocking D2 ________ receptors.
Glucosamine
Preoccupation
Toxic
Dopamine
22. _________ is an effective antipsychotic drug with the unfortunate side effect of inhibiting white blood cell production.
Clozapine
Barley
Hypnotics
Mushrooms
23. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.
Opioids
Antitussives
Cannabinoids
Mainlining
24. ________ _________ is the biological name for marijuana.
Psilocybin
Rapid
Cannabis sativa
Illicit
25. Common opioids include morphine - codeine - _____ and methadone.
Norepinephrine
Heroin
Incurable
PET
26. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.
Ounces
Cocaine
Withdrawal
Cancer
27. In the US - _______ was first used in psychiatry and as a local anesthetic.
Cocaine
Potent
Physical
Poppers
28. 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.
Violent
Steroids
Myopia
Asleep
29. Respiratory depression is the most common type of drug _________ death--people simply stop breathing.
Poorer
Phyiscal
Overdose
90
30. Because their effect varies depending on the dose - CNS depressants are said to be _____ ________.
Dose dependent
Dose response
Hallucinogen
Pharmacodynamic
31. _________ ________ occurs after using a nasal spray regularly for longer than the recommended period.
Amphetamines
Congestion rebound
Pleasure
Phenothiazines
32. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both _______ _______ - often used to treat mild depression.
Salt
Medicinal herbs
60
Fermentation
33. When alcohol is heated and the vapors are condensed into liquid form again - the process is called ____________.
Distillation
Prostitutes
Benzodiazepines
Injection
34. Drug assistance programs for drug-dependent employees are called _________.
Heroin
Employee Assitance Programs
Sedatives
Family
35. Many _________ drugs act by enhancing GABA inhibition.
Weight gain
Dentists
Sedative
Insomnia
36. The leading cause of death in the US is _____________.
Dentists
Autonomic
Mesolimbic
Heart Disease
37. No prescription is required when purchasing ________________ drugs.
Over the counter
Toxic
Tardive dyskinesia
Antipsychotics
38. Advertising restrictions - smoke-free indoor air - _____ on tobacco products and limiting youth access to tobacco are all examples of tobacco control laws.
Dopamine
Taxes
Intoxicating
Craving
39. _______ is drinkable - is the psychoactive ingredient in alcoholic beverages - and is also known as grain alcohol.
Positive
Ethanol
Analgesic
1960
40. Because _______ is lipid soluble - it is easily absorbed by the liver - heart - brain - lungs and reproductive organs.
LSD
Day
Toluene
Grain neutral
41. Urine drug tests are relatively ___________ screening tests that detect a variety of abused substances or their metabolites in urine.
Depressants
Placenta
Inexpensive
30
42. FDA approved THC in capsule form is called _______.
60
Marinol
Illegal Instrumental Use
Phenothiazines
43. Nitrous oxide is used by _________ for light anesthesia and can be found as a propellant in whipped cream dispensers.
Hemp rope
Dentists
OTC
LSD
44. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.
Hypnotics
Phyiscal
Atypical
Autonomic
45. Naltrexone is used to block opioid effects so that a user doesn't feel any of the reinforcing _____________ effects of using an opioid.
Antihistamines
Transmitter
Pleasurable
Instrumental
46. A _______ drug is capable of passing the blood-brain barrier and influencing the brain's activity.
Cumulative
Biological
Consequences
Psychoactive
47. Nicotine withdrawal symptoms include craving for tobacco - ____________ - restlessness - and anxiety.
Myopia
Irritability
Fermentation
100
48. Another principal factor that affects drug use is __________.
Biological
Hepatitis
Contextual
Lipid soluble
49. The names of barbiturates all end in __.
Psychological
Positive
Al
Weight
50. In the late 1800s the typical ______ user was a middle aged white woman who functioned well and was adjusted to her life as a wife and mother.
Norepinephrine
Opioid
Drinking
Hallucinogens