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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tremors and rigidity are two symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Similar damage to the dopamine neurons can occur as a side effect of some ______________ drugs.






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






3. The freebase method of smoking cocaine can be very dangerous because the combination of fire and ether fumes is extremely __________.






4. The active ingredients for half of the prescriptions filled consist of only ____ drugs.






5. Ice is a form of methamphetamine that can be ______.






6. The two major ________ pathways damaged in Parkinson's disease are acetylcholine and the nigrostriatal pathways.






7. Some studies have reported both behavioral improvement and noticeable regrowth of _____ ______ in long term alcoholics after several months of abstinence.






8. The introduction of antipsychotic drugs have caused a dramatic ________ in the population of mental hospitals.






9. The fourth stage of drug addiction is __________.






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






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






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






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






14. Psychological dependence develops most rapidly when the drug hits the ______ quickly.






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






16. The branch of the _________ system involved in flight or fight reactions is called the sympathetic branch.






17. The leading cause of death in the US is _____________.






18. The ratio of LD50 to ED50 is one indication of the relative safety of a drug for a particular use or effect and this is called the ___________ index.






19. Despite popular belief to the contrary - heroin is not __________ addictive.






20. Opioid overdose can be diagnosed on the basis of the opioid triad: coma - depressed respiration - and ________ pupils.






21. The dried crushed leaves - flowers - stems and seeds of the cannabis sativa plant is called _______.






22. Employee Assitance Programs or EAPs can also be known as _____ of Assistance programs.






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






24. ___ was originally used as a surgical anesthetic and has hallucinogenic effects different from LSD and mescaline (peyote cactus).






25. Perceived risk refers to the perceived ______________ of using the drug.






26. Naltrexone is used to block opioid effects so that a user doesn't feel any of the reinforcing _____________ effects of using an opioid.






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. Most of the integration of information - learning and ______ occur in the central nervous system.






29. Marijuana is the most commonly used ________ drug.






30. A single shot of heroin lasts ___ hours.






31. For some drugs - the dependence is mostly _______________ - whereas for others - a user may develop a heavy physical dependence on the drug with just a few uses.






32. The use of alcohol has decreased since ____ and its consumption varies greatly in different regions of the US and among different cultural groups.






33. In the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use - only 1.6 percent of U.S. adults reported ever having used Heroin in their lifetimes - with 0.1 percent reporting use in the past ____.






34. Urine drug tests are relatively ___________ screening tests that detect a variety of abused substances or their metabolites in urine.






35. The two main side effects of therapeutic doses of amphetamines are drug abuse and damage to the ______________ system.






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






37. Poisonous alcohols include methyl - ethylene glycol and _________.






38. LSD and other hallucinogens typically do not produce physical __________.






39. Drugs prescribed to control symptoms associated with ______ problems are called psychotherapeutics.






40. Ice is also known as '______________'.






41. Psilocybin is the active psychoactive ingredient in _______________.






42. Considerable evidence supports the idea that some degree of vulnerability to alcohol dependence might be _________.






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






44. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.






45. _____________ classified as Phantastica are not very toxic and allow the user to remain in communication with the present world.






46. Methamphetamine is also known as '______'.






47. _______ is absorbed most quickly through smoking and intravenous injection.






48. When nonsmokers inhale cigarette smoke from their ___________ it is called passive smoking.






49. Schedule IV drugs have a slightly higher chance of abuse than the Schedule V drugs. What most specifically distinguishes Schedule V drugs from the other schedules is that the drugs are regulated but don't require a ______________.






50. Withdrawal symptoms for marijuana include: irritability - restlessness - _________ appetite - weight loss and abnormal sleep.