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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cannabis sativa originated in Asia but now grows worldwide. _____ ____ is made from the fibers of this plant.
Day
Dose dependent
Watery
Hemp rope
2. _________ drugs produce wakefulness and a sense of energy and well-being.
Chantix
Tranquilizers
Antihistamines
Stimulant
3. Because _______ is lipid soluble - it is easily absorbed by the liver - heart - brain - lungs and reproductive organs.
Toluene
Eliminate
Available
Liver
4. 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.
Diarrhea
Household
Alcohol
Dose dependent
5. With _______ parodoxical effects include bizarre uninhibited behavior - rage - hostility and paranoia.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Benzodiazepines
Cocaine
20
6. Nitrites are sometimes called '________' and come in small vials or tubes.
Hydrochloride
Time course
Poppers
Neurotransmitters
7. Depressants _________ the rate of various vital physiological activities - especially those of the central nervous system.
Decrease
Dependency
Decreased
30
8. Opioids ________ the central nervous system (CNS).
Depress
Rapid
Lipid soluble
Replacing
9. Drugs that block the action of morphine - heroin - or other opioids are called opioid ___________.
Antagonists
Narcan
Memory
Hypoxia
10. Specialized nerve endings that recognize neurotransmitter molecules and cause a change in the electrical activity of the neuron when activated are called _________.
Rohypnol
Codeine
Receptors
34
11. Heroin is classified as a schedule __________ drug.
Leave
Cocaine
Schedule I
Methylphenidate
12. ________ - benzodiazepines and opioid narcotics are also used for this purpose.
Inflammatory
Body fat
Alcohol
Tremors
13. Perceived risk refers to the perceived ______________ of using the drug.
Consequences
Diminishing
Peers
Fluoxetine
14. MAO inhibitors - tricyclics and selective reuptake inhibitors are three types of ______________ drugs.
Parkinson's
Opiate
Antidepressant
Hallucinogens
15. Herbs and _________ were used by early Greeks in Olympic games to enhance their performance.
Mushrooms
Autonomic
10
Instrumental
16. drug detoxification often relies upon ___________
Lipid soluble
Months
Cocaine
Substitution
17. LSD is a synthetic substance and is the most ______ and notorious of the hallucinogens.
Prozac
Cumulative
Antidepressant
Potent
18. 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.
Equal opportunity
Myopia
Benzodiazepines
Erich Goode
19. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.
25
Receptors
Chantix
Cost
20. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.
Gateway
Moderate
Naloxone
Sudden sniffing death
21. When alcohol is heated and the vapors are condensed into liquid form again - the process is called ____________.
Distillation
Substitution
Explosive
Solvent
22. ________ _________ is the biological name for marijuana.
Behavioral tolerance
Cannabis sativa
20
Metabolism
23. Naltrexone is used to block opioid effects so that a user doesn't feel any of the reinforcing _____________ effects of using an opioid.
Pleasurable
Women
Brain
Opioids
24. The half life of _______ is 60 to 90 minutes.
MDMA
Family
Cocaine
Intoxicating
25. A drug is categorized as Schedule _ if it has a low potential for abuse - a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States - and its abuse may lead to limited physical or psychological dependence.
Inhalant
V
Licit
Nicotine
26. Cardiac arrhythmia is a condition that occurs during ________ ________ ________ syndrome (SSDS)
Sleeping pills
Brain tissue
Sudden sniffing death
Dangerous
27. The fourth stage of drug addiction is __________.
Chewing
1937
Antabuse
Dependency
28. In the relief stage - a user experiences satisfaction by _________ from negative feelings such as boredom - anger - stress - fatigue and loneliness.
Escaping
Motor
Peyote
Active
29. The __________ of alcohol by the liver occurs at a constant rate that is not much influenced by body size.
Clozapine
Metabolism
Healthcare
Indians
30. _________________ are commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders.
Benzodiazepines
Marinol
Neurotransmitters
10
31. _______________ and Ritalin are two drugs commonly used to treat ADHD.
Methylphenidate
4-6
Breaks down
Congeners
32. Approximately _% of alcoholics - who experience alcohol withdrawal symptoms - must be treated in a hospital or in an alcohol rehabilitation facility that specializes in detoxification.
Cross tolerant
Naloxone
5
DMT
33. In a recent survey - __ percent of high-dose marijuana users reported some withdrawal symptoms upon quitting - most commonly nervousness and sleep disturbance.
One-third
Entactogens
Alcohol
16
34. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a condition affecting children born to alcoholic mothers - characterized by facial deformities - growth deficiency - and ____________________.
Mental retardation
Iproniazid
Neurotransmitters
Dentists
35. The use of alcohol is statistically associated with homicide - assault - _______ violence and suicide
Cost
20
Hallucinations
Family
36. The branch of the _________ system involved in flight or fight reactions is called the sympathetic branch.
One half
Autonomic
Alcoholics Anonymous
Entactogens
37. The two main side effects of therapeutic doses of amphetamines are drug abuse and damage to the ______________ system.
Coca
Fetal Alcohol
Family
Cardiovascular
38. American _______ / Alaska Natives are the racial ethnic group that report the highest illicit drug use for the past month.
Indians
Grain neutral
PCP
Eyes
39. Because inhalants are so readily _________ - they present a special problem for prevention.
Adolescents
Available
Preoccupation
Laughing gas
40. Generally addiction refers to the ______ attachment to a drug.
Biological
Caffenism
Year
Psychological
41. Transdermal literally means 'through the _____'.
Skin
Rock
Grain neutral
Freebase
42. Examples of damage to the cardiovascular system caused by medical doses of amphetamines include increased heart rate - raised _______ _________ - and damage to veins and arteries.
Months
Marijuana
Blood pressure
Biological
43. Approximately 20 years ago - heroin was replaced by _______ as the most abused illicit drug in the US (other than marijuana).
Cocaine
Crack
Coca
Breathing
44. Cannabis withdrawal syndrome (is or is not) listed in the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
4-6
Employee Assitance Programs
Naloxone
Is Not
45. Opioids are also known as _________.
Illicit
Breathing
Narcotics
Unknown
46. The 'cold turkey' method - in which the addict suffers the symptoms of withdrawal until the cravings for the drug are no longer felt - is the most ______ method of heroin detoxification.
Common
26
Muscle
10
47. The idea that alcohol dependence is a _______ goes back at least to the 1700s.
Disease
Haldol
Central nervous system
Narcotics
48. 95% pure alcohol is called _____________ spirits
Grain neutral
Women
Pharmacodynamic
Licit
49. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.
High
Heart attacks
Body
Alcoholics Anonymous
50. The FDA restricted amphetamine use to _____ ______ weight reduction programs in 1970.
Short term
Withdrawal
15
Depressants