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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The _________ policy of the FDA concerns taking some prescription medications and removing the prescription requirement and making the drug available via OTC.






2. Alcohol is the second leading substance abuse related cause of premature death among Americans (________ is first).






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






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






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






6. Because their effect varies depending on the dose - CNS depressants are said to be _____ ________.






7. A person under the influence of CNS depressants will appear drunk. Intoxicating effects include drowsiness - slurred speech - and ___________.






8. A common lung disease caused by smoking is _________.






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






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






11. Prodrugs are inactive in the original form and become active only after they are altered by the liver _______.






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






13. illicit drug use - cocaine - marijuana - etc






14. Marijuana is the most commonly used ________ drug.






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






16. 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.






17. Whiskey - Scotch - and Brandy are examples of distilled beverages. They are also called '________'.






18. American _______ / Alaska Natives are the racial ethnic group that report the highest illicit drug use for the past month.






19. Cannabis withdrawal syndrome (is or is not) listed in the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).






20. The addiction rate for tobacco is 20 to 30% - for alcohol the rate is 15% - and for cocaine its __%.






21. It is possible to estimate an individual's blood alcohol content (BAC) by knowing their ______ - gender - and amount of alcohol consumed.






22. It was also revealed that seventy five percent of the _____________ in major cities are addicted to drugs.






23. Approximately 20 years ago - heroin was replaced by _______ as the most abused illicit drug in the US (other than marijuana).






24. Approximately __% of people who use marijuana become addicted to it.






25. Psychotic behavior when there is no known ________ cause refers to functional disorders.






26. Two major illicit stimulants are _______ and amphetamines.






27. _______ is drinkable - is the psychoactive ingredient in alcoholic beverages - and is also known as grain alcohol.






28. Most heroin users need 3 or 4 injections a ___ to avoid withdrawal.






29. drug detoxification often relies upon ___________






30. Ketamine is sometimes known as '_________' - has effects similar to PCP and is commonly used in veterinary hospitals as an anesthetic.






31. ________ is used primarily in conjunction with surgical anesthesia and is approximately a hundred times as potent as morphine.






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






33. The three types of names that are applied to drugs are the _______ name - the chemical name - and the brand name.






34. Three stimulants used by athletes in the early 1800s and 1900s were __________ - cocaine - and caffeine.






35. 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.






36. Excessive use of either cocaine or amphetamine can result in paranoid psychosis in which the individual loses touch with reality and experiences auditory ______________.






37. A single shot of heroin lasts ___ hours.






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






39. _________ ________ occurs after using a nasal spray regularly for longer than the recommended period.






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






41. The withdrawal symptoms for a ______ user whose drug usage has consisted of a low daily dose resemble a mild case of intestinal flu.






42. A drug is categorized as Schedule _ if it has a low potential for abuse - a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States - and its abuse may lead to limited physical or psychological dependence.






43. The two categories of psychoactive drugs are ______ (legal) and illicit (illegal).






44. Many plant-produced chemicals have effects on the intestines or muscles; others alter ______ biochemistry.






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






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






47. Marijuana is known to lower intraocular (within the eye) pressure associated with ________.






48. In order to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in pharmacologically significant amounts - the drug must be lipid soluble and have a molecular weight ____ than 400 Daltons.






49. Nicotine withdrawal symptoms include craving for tobacco - ____________ - restlessness - and anxiety.






50. ________ - benzodiazepines and opioid narcotics are also used for this purpose.