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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The two major ________ pathways damaged in Parkinson's disease are acetylcholine and the nigrostriatal pathways.






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






3. A recent study indicated that persons aged 26 to __ were most likely to have used marijuana sometime during their life.






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






5. Injecting an illegal drug intravenously is called __________.






6. Psilocybin is the active psychoactive ingredient in _______________.






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






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






9. The BBB is very tight and excludes the brain uptake of all ______ molecule drugs and greater than 98% of small molecule drugs.






10. In a recent survey - __ percent of high-dose marijuana users reported some withdrawal symptoms upon quitting - most commonly nervousness and sleep disturbance.






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






12. Methamphetamine is also known as '______'.






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






14. Fluoxetine (_______) is safer than tricyclic antidepressants as it is less likely to lead to overdose death.






15. ________ symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations - delusions - disorganized speech and behavior.






16. Originally marketed as a non-habit-forming substitute for codeine - ______ is derived from opium and is about three times as potent as morphine.






17. Drug testing in sports began in the ____s.






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






19. One of the most common opioid side effects is ____________.






20. ________ is used primarily in conjunction with surgical anesthesia and is approximately a hundred times as potent as morphine.






21. The ________ the amount needed to get a particular effect - the more potent the drug.






22. The Native American Church's use of ______ has been controversial throughout the twentieth century.






23. Cocaine is used for _________ ___________ and vasoconstriction for surgery of the mouth - nose - and throat.






24. The caffeine that is taken out of coffee to make it decaffeinated is used mostly in _____ ______.






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






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






27. 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.






28. ______________ are unhealthy because they interfere with REM sleep.






29. _______ % of all US deaths are tobacco-related.






30. King ______ of England wrote a antitobacco pamphlet and he taxed tobacco to attempt to limit its use.






31. The forming of a neurotransmitter by the action of _______ on precursors is called synthesis.






32. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.






33. Cronic malnutrition causes _______ damage.






34. _______________ is a highly addictive stimulant that is cheaper and much longer lasting than cocaine.






35. 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.






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






37. When alcohol is heated and the vapors are condensed into liquid form again - the process is called ____________.






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






39. Clove cigarettes contain ___% more tobacco as well as more tar and nicotine than regular cigarettes.






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






41. ________ _______ is another term for alcohol withdrawal symptoms - especially fever - trembling and hallucinations.






42. Marijuana is known to lower intraocular (within the eye) pressure associated with ________.






43. Age ___ and older showed sharp drop in use.






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






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






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






47. Cardiac arrhythmia is a condition that occurs during ________ ________ ________ syndrome (SSDS)






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






49. GHB is most well-known for its use in substances that disable users and make them vulnerable to sexual assault. _________ is another drug of this type.






50. The timing of the onset - duration - and termination of a drug's effect is called the ___________.