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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 18.2% of unemployed persons report ________ drug use compared to only 7.9% of those with full time jobs and 10.7% of part time employees.
Relaxed
Illicit
Congestion rebound
Spinal cord
2. For a given class of ___ drug - all the competing brands contain the same few active ingredients.
OTC
Cocaine
Opposed
Illicit
3. LSD and other hallucinogens typically do not produce physical __________.
Myopia
Dependence
Breathing
Inhalant
4. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.
Tax
Soft drinks
Cancer
Withdrawal
5. Acne and baldness in men - decreased breast size and facial hair in women are some of the side effects associated with ________________ use.
Anxiety
Anabolic steroid
Wood
Sedatives
6. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.
Dependence
Cancer
Marinol
Heroin
7. Oral ingestion can be compared to intranasal administration (snorting) in that it is absorbed much more _______ than smoking or IV injection.
10
Topical anesthesia
Football
Slowly
8. Stimulants include cocaine - amphetamines - methamphetamine - caffeine - and ________.
Antihistamines
Positive
Nicotine
Phyiscal
9. Many plant-produced chemicals have effects on the intestines or muscles; others alter ______ biochemistry.
Designer
Psychoactive
Brain
41
10. Several studies have found a lower incidence of _____________ in moderate drinkers than in abstainers
Heart attacks
Transmitter
60
Hair
11. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.
Malnutrition
Benzodiazepines
25
Increase
12. Approximately 20 years ago - heroin was replaced by _______ as the most abused illicit drug in the US (other than marijuana).
Dose response
Cocaine
One half
Prozac
13. The CNS consists of the brain and _____________.
Relief
Dopamine
Nalorphine
Spinal cord
14. LSD is one of the most potent ____________ drugs.
Antidepressant
Black Tar
Psychoactive
Blood pressure
15. According to a 1997 report - alcohol is involved in more than ___ thousand deaths in the US each year.
100
Psychotherapeutic
Dietary supplements
Lipid solubility
16. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.
1937
Caffenism
Cocaine
Depressants
17. Molecules that assist in either the metabolism (breaking down) or synthesis (creation) of another molecule are called _______.
Asleep
Enzymes
Pleasurable
Clozapine
18. The buildup of a drug in the body after multiple doses taken at short intervals is called __________ effect.
Relief
Antagonists
Barbiturate
Cumulative
19. The DEA is the primary _______ agency responsible for enforcing U.S. drug laws.
Reducing
Federal
Obesity
DMT
20. There are approximately __ analogs of PCP.
Breathing
30
Crack
Illegal Recreational Use
21. Physiological effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) include ________ in body temperature - heart rate and blood pressure - sweating and dilation of eye pupils.
Lipid soluble
Muscle
Replacing
Increase
22. A person suffering from ________________ will exhibit symptoms of both depression and mania.
Bipolar disorder
Decrease
Neurotransmitters
Cocaine
23. ___ is sometimes known as angel dust.
Bipolar disorder
Prescription
Potent
PCP
24. The 66 unique chemicals found in cannabis are called ____________.
Benzodiazepines
Hypoxia
Cannabinoids
Blindness
25. Stimulants can maintain wakefulness - give a user a sense of increased energy - decrease ________ and temporarily elevate the mood.
Social
Thousand
Peyote
Appetite
26. The most commonly abused types of drugs include _______ - tobacco - stimulants - hallucinogens and depressants.
Codeine
Alcohol
Cocaine
Fentanyl
27. The remaining two principal factors affecting drug use are ______ and cultural.
Autonomic
Social
Pharmacodynamic
Designer
28. Alcoholic fatty liver - alcoholic _________ - and cirrhosis are all liver disorders associated with heavy use of alcohol.
Gateway
95
Amphetamines
Hepatitis
29. Some studies have reported both behavioral improvement and noticeable regrowth of _____ ______ in long term alcoholics after several months of abstinence.
Brain tissue
Illegal Recreational Use
Prozac
Breathing
30. Most studies show that alcohol is involved in about ____ _____ of all suicides.
Depressants
Medical
Neurotransmitters
One-third
31. In laboratory studies - the balanced placebo design is used to separate the pharmacological effects of alcohol from the alcohol __________ effects.
Consequences
Expectancy
Commonly
Memory
32. The important Xanthine varieties are caffeine - theophylline - and _____________.
Cancer
Theobromine
Federal
Lungs
33. A common lung disease caused by smoking is _________.
Emphysema
20
Positive
1933
34. GABA is a very widespread inhibitory neurotransmitter and ________ tends to have widespread inhibitory effects on neurons in the brain.
Alcohol
Speedball
Neurotransmitters
Schedule I
35. ________ is a drug used for treating alcoholics. It makes them extremely sick if they drink even a small amount of alcohol.
Antabuse
Asleep
Cancer
Heroin
36. The amount of alcohol that can be metabolized by the liver is about 0.25 to 0.30 _______ per hour.
Ounces
Positive
Asleep
Crack
37. Cannabis was declared illegal in the US in the year ____.
1937
Decrease
Cost
Caffenism
38. Another word for _________ is painkiller.
Pharmacodynamic
Analgesic
Violent
Chewing
39. The first stage of drug addiction is ______.
Household
Relief
Amphetamines
Blindness
40. Herbs and _________ were used by early Greeks in Olympic games to enhance their performance.
Hallucinogen
Mushrooms
OTC
Congeners
41. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.
Legal Recreational Use
Psychological
Equilibrium
Psilocybin
42. Caffeine is the world's most popular drug and frequently used _________.
Stimulant
Licit
Constant
Commonly
43. Prior to 1965 - the most common medical use of amphetamines was for the treatment of _______.
Hydrochloride
Drug
Overdose
Obesity
44. The effective dose (ED50) for LSD is many __________ of times smaller than that of other psychoactive drugs.
Nicotine
Thousands
Al
PET
45. _________ ________ occurs after using a nasal spray regularly for longer than the recommended period.
Schedule I
Congestion rebound
Prostitutes
Magic mushrooms
46. ____-acting barbiturates or benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed to prevent Alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
Amphetamines
Long
Artificial
Transdermal patch
47. With _______ parodoxical effects include bizarre uninhibited behavior - rage - hostility and paranoia.
Medical
Floaters
Body
Benzodiazepines
48. using drugs to achieve some goal other than the prescribed use - for example taking pills to stay awake and drive all night.
Congestion rebound
Surroundings
Illegal Instrumental Use
Pleasurable
49. Some alcohol withdrawal symptoms can last for up to several ______.
Smoking
Psychoactive
Day
Weeks
50. Commonly called '_______ _____' - nitrous oxide is a gaseous anesthetic first used in the early 1800s in medicine and surgery.
Nail polish
Laughing gas
Coca
Opiate