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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Legal instrumental - illegal instrumental - legal recreational and illegal recreational use are the 4 types of drug use according to ___________.






2. When an alcoholic learns to modify his behavior to compensate for motor impairments associated with being intoxicated this is called _____ _____.






3. ___ is sometimes known as angel dust.






4. The fourth stage of drug addiction is __________.






5. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.






6. The process where the body rids itself of drugs and alcohol is called ______________.






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






8. Examples of ilicit drugs - include alcohol - tea - coffee - _______ and over the counter (OTC) drugs.






9. Usually it takes approximately ___ years of heavy drinking of the equivalent of a pint or more of whiskey a day to develop cirrhosis of the liver.






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






11. _______ withdrawal often lacks the severe physical symptoms that occur with heroin or alcohol withdrawal.






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






13. College _________ had the lowest rate of current use of illicit drugs.






14. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both medicinal herbs - often used to treat mild






15. Historically - as _______ use declined - amphetamine use increased.






16. Crack is also known as '_____'.






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






18. Another word for ____________ is psychedelic.






19. _____ drug use refers to using a drug with a specific functional purpose--not for recreation






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






21. Through fermentation - the alcohol concentration is limited to ___%.






22. A person who has narcolepsy falls ______ as often as 50 times a day.






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






24. Drugs are said to be ______ ________ when tolerance to one reduces the effectiveness of each of the others.






25. Marijuana (Cannabis) and hashish are both __________ controlled substances.






26. Another principal factor that affects drug use is __________.






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






28. Family and friends of controlled users are often completely unaware of this person's drug use. Controlled users place ___________ constraints on their drug use - for example never on a workday - never around children - etc.






29. The opium plant contains both morphine and _______.






30. The most important drug-metabolizing enzymes found in the liver belong to a group known as the ______ family of enzymes.






31. Methyl alcohol is made from ____.






32. Three derivatives of the cannabis plant are __________ - hashish - and ganja.






33. The names of barbiturates all end in __.






34. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.






35. licit drug use - alcohol - tobacco - caffeine






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






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






38. Drugs used to relieve _______ are called anxiolytics.






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






40. Ethylene glycol alcohol is poisonous and is a primary ingredient of __________.






41. In 1970 - the FDA limited the legal use of ____________ to three medical conditions: narcolepsy - ADHD - and short term weight reduction programs.






42. Examples of Schedule I drugs include _______ - LSD - and marijuana.






43. Injecting an illegal drug intravenously is called __________.






44. Withdrawal symptoms may begin within hours or days after the smoker quits and may continue for several _______.






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






46. Aspirin is one of the most popular OTC drugs in the US. It is used for its analgesic - anti-____________and antipyretic effects.






47. BAC level in an individual is influenced by drinkers body type - food in the stomach - concentration of alcohol - and ____ of consumption.






48. Most illicit _______________ consumed in the United States is produced in small laboratories which might exist for only a few days in a remote area before moving on.






49. Drugs with a high potential for abuse - no currently accepted medical use in the US - and declared unsafe are listed under Schedule _.






50. According to a recent survey - __% of Americans have used marijuana in their lifetime.