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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Varenicline (_______) is a prescription drug used for smoking cessation.






2. _______ withdrawal often lacks the severe physical symptoms that occur with heroin or alcohol withdrawal.






3. Originally marketed as a non-habit-forming substitute for codeine - ______ is derived from opium and is about three times as potent as morphine.






4. Cardiac arrhythmia is a condition that occurs during ________ ________ ________ syndrome (SSDS)






5. There are more than one ________ products currently abused as inhalants.






6. Precursors are the raw materials from which _________________ are made and are found circulating in the blood supply and generally in the brain.






7. Cocaine is absorbed so well into ________ __________ that it remains in use for surgery in the nasal - laryngeal - and esophageal regions.






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






9. In high doses or if combined with alcohol - barbiturates can stop a person's __________.






10. CNS ___________ - including barbiturates - inhalants and benzodiazepines all have effects similar to alcohol.






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






12. Inhalant abuse can cause _______ - a state of oxygen deficiency in the body.






13. licit drug use - alcohol - tobacco - caffeine






14. ________ - tobacco and marijuana are commonly called gateway drugs.






15. 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.






16. Opioids ________ the central nervous system (CNS).






17. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse - the typical narcotic habit costs $100 per ___.






18. Another principal factor that affects drug use is __________.






19. Opioids are also known as _________.






20. The forming of a neurotransmitter by the action of _______ on precursors is called synthesis.






21. Smoking is involved in about ___ percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease.






22. LSD - PCP and mescaline are _____________.






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






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






25. taking prescribed or over the counter (OTC) drugs for illness






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






27. When using snuff or chewing tobacco - nicotine is absorbed through the ______ lining of the mouth.






28. The preoccupation phase is characterized by _________ concern about the drug.






29. The most commonly abused types of drugs include _______ - tobacco - stimulants - hallucinogens and depressants.






30. Both barbiturates and _______________ affect the neurotransmitter GABA.






31. ___ is sometimes known as angel dust.






32. The white powder that you generally associate with cocaine is the _____ form of cocaine known as cocaine hydrochloride.






33. Alcohol withdrawal seizures may occur 6 to __ hours after the last drink.






34. The antidepressant drug __________ was originally used to treat tuberculosis.






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






36. The three components of the nervous system are the central nervous system - the _______ system - and the autonomic system.






37. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.






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






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






40. Nicotine is exceptionally _____ and has been used as an insecticide.






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






42. In the US - _______ was first used in psychiatry and as a local anesthetic.






43. ________ the proof number is the percentage of alcohol by volume.






44. Benzodiazepines are classified by their ________ of action.






45. Timothy Leary was a well known psychologist and proponent for the use of ___ in the 1960s.






46. Because heroin is more _______ ________ - it is more potent and faster acting than morphine even though the effects of the two substances are identical.






47. Originally it was believed that the occurrences of paranoid psychosis in cocaine and amphetamine users was caused by a pre-existing _______ condition or due to sleep deprivation.






48. The 'cold turkey' method - in which the addict suffers the symptoms of withdrawal until the cravings for the drug are no longer felt - is the most ______ method of heroin detoxification.






49. Although they were originally called _____________ - antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis without producing drowsiness.






50. Amphetamines can be taken orally - intravenously or by _______.