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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. In laboratory studies - the balanced placebo design is used to separate the pharmacological effects of alcohol from the alcohol __________ effects.






3. Medical uses of _______________ include muscle relaxants - sleeping pills - treatment for convulsive disorders (epilepsy) - alcohol detoxification - and preoperative anesthesia (amnesiac).






4. _________ is a neurotransmitter associated with aggression and regulation of body weight.






5. Psychological dependence is closely related to the concept of _________ reinforcement - which states that if a behavior is reliably followed by a stimulus - it leads to an increase in the behavior.






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






7. The unemployed are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than those who are employed.






8. Legal instrumental - illegal instrumental - legal recreational and illegal recreational use are the 4 types of drug use according to ___________.






9. Anabolic steroids are _________ drugs designed to build muscle mass while minimizing masculinizing effects attributed to testosterone.






10. Synthetic drugs which result from the altered chemical structures of illicit drugs are called __________________.






11. Hormones and _________________ are two types of chemical signals important for maintaining homeostasis.






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






13. Alcoholics - who experience mild to _________ alcohol withdrawal symptoms - can usually be treated on an outpatient basis by a healthcare professional.






14. The theory that the popularity of marijuana increases when the risk associated with its use decreases is called _________ _____.






15. Any substance that modifies mind or body function by distorting enhancing - or inhibiting them






16. The time from the patient receiving their first dose of antipsychotic medication until the first result is seen is at least __ days.






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






18. __________________ is the most serious side effect of long term antipsychotic drug treatment.






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






20. Examples of opioid antagonists are _________ - nalorphine and naltrexone.






21. The pharmacological term for alcohol is _______.






22. The time course of a drug's action depends on many things - including how the drug is administered - how quickly it is ______ - and how it is eliminated from the body.






23. Transdermal literally means 'through the _____'.






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






25. Almost ___ % of 8th graders have abused an inhalant sometime in their life.






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






27. Other alcohols and oils contained in alcoholic beverages are called _________.






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






29. Not everyone praised the use of tobacco; many _______ it.






30. 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.






31. Most illicit drugs cause an addiction in both the mother and the infant because drugs (cocaine - barbiturates - heroin - etc) pass through the _________ and reach the baby.






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






33. ___________ is a precancerous lesion caused by chewing tobacco.






34. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.






35. 'Opioid' is another word for '_____'.






36. ______________ are significantly better than placebo treatments in reducing psychotic behaviors.






37. In addition to vitamins and minerals - the FDA defines dietary supplements as substances such as herbs - extracts of herbs - ___________ and concentrates.






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






39. Drugs that block the action of morphine - heroin - or other opioids are called opioid ___________.






40. In a double blind procedure - neither the patient nor the doctor know whether the subject is receiving a _______ or an experimental drug.






41. Another word for ____________ is euphorigenic.






42. For many years - ___________ sleeping pills were the drug of choice for people wishing to commit suicide.






43. Drug testing in sports began in the ____s.






44. Cocaine is derived from the ____ plant.






45. Severe alcoholism often results in ____________ as a result of decreased caloric intake by alcoholics.






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






47. _________ is often referred to as the brain's major excitatory neurotransmitter.






48. High School ____ had the highest rate of current use of illicit drugs (9%).






49. higher tolerance to heroin also results in higher tolerance to morphine and ________.






50. Cronic malnutrition causes _______ damage.