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DSST Substance Abuse

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1. Methamphetamine is also known as '______'.






2. Nitrous oxide is used by _________ for light anesthesia and can be found as a propellant in whipped cream dispensers.






3. These drugs alter perceptions of reality. They can affect sense of taste - smell - hearing and vision. Sometimes they are called ______________.






4. The neurotransmitter ____ is found in most areas of the CNS and exerts generalized inhibitory functions.






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






6. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.






7. Heroin is classified as a schedule __________ drug.






8. _____ _______ studied cocaine for its potential as a treatment for a variety of ailments including depression and morphine dependence.






9. ________ _________ is the biological name for marijuana.






10. Generally addiction refers to the ______ attachment to a drug.






11. 95% pure alcohol is called _____________ spirits






12. drug detoxification often relies upon ___________






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






14. Many ________ remedies have been used for anxiety disorder and depression. These include Kava Kava (also known as Kava Root) and St John's Wort.






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






16. GHB is a clear - colorless - odorless liquid associated with _____ ____.






17. The 1914 Harrison Act regulated sales of opiates and _______.






18. Most studies show that alcohol is involved in about ____ _____ of all suicides.






19. Experimenters primarily restrict drug usage to ______________ settings and are motivated by peer pressure and curiosity.






20. The somatic system carries sensory information into the CNS and carries ______ (movement) information back out.






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






22. Because inhalants are so readily _________ - they present a special problem for prevention.






23. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.






24. Prior to 1965 - the most common medical use of amphetamines was for the treatment of _______.






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






26. Another word for ____________ is psychedelic.






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






28. Drug _____ is to use a drug in a situation - manner or amount that it causes social - psychological - physical or occupational problems.






29. Inhalant abuse is usually a problem among children and ___________.






30. The fourth stage of drug addiction is __________.






31. The most widely used __________ is alcohol.






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






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






34. All reinforcing drugs (drugs that reinforce their use) stimulate dopamine neurons in the __________ system.






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






36. Bupropion is an ________________ used to reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms.






37. _______________ are the most widely prescribed types Sedative-Hypnotics.






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






39. Psilocybin is the active psychoactive ingredient in _______________.






40. Smoking tends to inhibit hunger contractions up to ____ ____






41. Two OTC smoking _________ aids are nicotine gum and patches.






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






43. CNS depressants include: alcohol - ______________ - opioids - benzodiazepines and barbiturates.






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






45. The opium plant contains both morphine and _______.






46. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.






47. The most widely used licit social drug is _______.






48. Transdermal literally means 'through the _____'.






49. Drugs used to relieve _______ are called anxiolytics.






50. _________________ are commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders.







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