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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.






2. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)






3. The category of volatile substances includes adhesives (glues) - aerosols (hair spray - spray paint) - fuels (gasoline - propane) - and office supplies (____ ____ markers).






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






5. The important Xanthine varieties are caffeine - theophylline - and _____________.






6. Two consequences of illicit drug use are lost productivity and increased ___________ costs.






7. The exact mechanism by which alcohol exerts its effects in the ______ _______ _______ is unknown - but it is believed that its interactions with the GABA receptor are important.






8. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.






9. Methods of drug testing include urine - ____ - and saliva.






10. If all of the following consumed the same amount of alcohol at the same speed - which one would have the highest BAC? (120 pound woman - 135 pound woman - 150 pound man - 170 pound man).






11. The Soviets were the first to use ________ to build up their athletes.






12. Inhalant abuse is usually a problem among children and ___________.






13. Federal laws which prohibited the sale of alcohol from 1920 to ____ are called prohibition.






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






15. Approximately 20 years ago - heroin was replaced by _______ as the most abused illicit drug in the US (other than marijuana).






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






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






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






19. The active ingredient found in OTC stimulants is ________.






20. Contextual factors refer to how physical ______________ affect drug use; i.e. being at home vs. being in a rock concert or in a dance club.






21. 18.2% of unemployed persons report ________ drug use compared to only 7.9% of those with full time jobs and 10.7% of part time employees.






22. _________________ are commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders.






23. Another word for _________ is painkiller.






24. _________ are the oldest stimulants known. They are found in tea - coffee - soft drinks and chocolate.






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






26. Marinol is a ____________ controlled substance.






27. Onset of drug effects via inhalation is quite rapid because the capillary walls are very accessible in the _____ - and the drug thus enters the blood quickly.






28. ______________ do not cure mental illnesses but they do control the symptoms sufficiently to permit patients to live and work in society.






29. No prescription is required when purchasing ________________ drugs.






30. Inhalant abuse can begin as early as __________.






31. ________ brought tobacco to Europe after his voyage to the Americas.






32. Fast acting drugs are the most likely to produce _____________ dependence.






33. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a condition affecting children born to alcoholic mothers - characterized by facial deformities - growth deficiency - and ____________________.






34. 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.






35. A _______ drug is capable of passing the blood-brain barrier and influencing the brain's activity.






36. It is possible to estimate an individual's blood alcohol content (BAC) by knowing their ______ - gender - and amount of alcohol consumed.






37. MDMA - popularly known as ecstasy - is a drug popular at clubs and '_____' since the 1980s.






38. In order to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in pharmacologically significant amounts - the drug must be lipid soluble and have a molecular weight ____ than 400 Daltons.






39. Prior to 1965 - the most common medical use of amphetamines was for the treatment of _______.






40. According to a 1997 report - alcohol is involved in more than ___ thousand deaths in the US each year.






41. The most common age group to report the most illicit drug use is 18 to __.






42. Adopted sons whose __________ fathers were alcohol dependent have a much greater than average chance of becoming alcohol dependent than adopted sons of non-alcoholic fathers.






43. ________ - benzodiazepines and opioid narcotics are also used for this purpose.






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






45. The opioid antagonist __________ selectively blocks opioid effects - preventing the user from experiencing the reinforcing effects of the abused drug (for example - heroin).






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






47. Its believed that both cocaine and amphetamines interact with a number of _________________ - including dopamine - norepinephrine and serotonin.






48. Cannabis (marijuana) - Anabolic Steroids - Inhalants/Organic Solvents and narcotics are also found to be among the most ________ abused drugs.






49. According to a recent study - men and women from ______ backgrounds are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit the habit.






50. _____________ are drugs which cause hallucinations. They alter the way a user perceives reality and can affect emotions.