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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Most of the integration of information - learning and ______ occur in the central nervous system.






2. illicit drug use - cocaine - marijuana - etc






3. During the 1800s - opium and morphine were the active ingredients found in many American ________ ________.






4. Drug dependence is made up of both ________ and psychological factors.






5. The most common active ingredients contained in OTC sleep aids are ______________.






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. licit drug use - alcohol - tobacco - caffeine






11. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.






12. 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.






13. A BAC of 0.05 results in lowered alertness and a BAC of ____ results in death (lethal dose).






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






15. Both barbiturates and _______________ affect the neurotransmitter GABA.






16. For a drug to be ____________ - its molecules must be capable of passing through the blood-brain barrier.






17. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.






18. Even the newest ______________ drugs are only a little better than placebo.






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






20. A situation where repeated administration of the same dose of a drug results in gradually ___________ effects is called tolerance.






21. Heroin illegally imported from Mexico is called _____ ____.






22. CNS depressants that promote relaxation and relieve anxiety are called _________.






23. In high doses or if combined with alcohol - barbiturates can stop a person's __________.






24. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.






25. Drug assistance programs for drug-dependent employees are called _________.






26. Several studies have found a lower incidence of _____________ in moderate drinkers than in abstainers






27. Traffic fatalities involving alcohol have _________ since 1980.






28. The effective dose (ED50) for LSD is many __________ of times smaller than that of other psychoactive drugs.






29. Advertising restrictions - smoke-free indoor air - _____ on tobacco products and limiting youth access to tobacco are all examples of tobacco control laws.






30. Drug misuse is the inappropriate use of OTC or ____________ medications.






31. Smoking during pregnancy is associated with miscarriage - reduced birth weight - differences in body size and negative effects on physical / ______ development of the child.






32. The four stages of alcohol withdrawal are _______ - hallucinations - delusions and seizures.






33. Because drug use can be found in all parts of society regardless of income - education - occupation - social class - and age - it is called an ________ ________ affliction.






34. Examples of Schedule II drugs include ________ - opium - and amphetamines.






35. The most common antidepressants used today are ____s.






36. ____-acting barbiturates or benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed to prevent Alcohol withdrawal symptoms.






37. 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.






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






39. Alcohol dependence as a disease is also known as disease model of alcohol dependence and this concept did not become really popular until ______________________ began to have a major influence in the 1940s and 1950s






40. Drugs designed to treat _________ _________. are being used as effective mood stabilizers.






41. Smoking is involved in about ___ percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease.






42. Opioids are also known as _________.






43. Examples of damage to the cardiovascular system caused by medical doses of amphetamines include increased heart rate - raised _______ _________ - and damage to veins and arteries.






44. The __________ of alcohol by the liver occurs at a constant rate that is not much influenced by body size.






45. Respiratory depression is the most common type of drug _________ death--people simply stop breathing.






46. The DSM-IV-TR is a manual which provides criteria for classifying mental disorders into hundreds of specific __________ categories.






47. The most widely used __________ is alcohol.






48. Only lipid-soluble substances can pass the _____________ barrier.






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






50. There are now more than 40 million former smokers in the United States - and about 90 percent of them report that they quit smoking _______ formal treatment programs.