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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In a recent study - 65.6% of full time employees reported _______ use within the past month.






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






3. Ingesting too much caffeine can result in nervousness - irritability - _______________ and insomnia - etc.






4. The active ingredients for half of the prescriptions filled consist of only ____ drugs.






5. A recent study indicated that persons aged 26 to __ were most likely to have used marijuana sometime during their life.






6. Traffic fatalities involving alcohol have _________ since 1980.






7. Generally _________ refers to the psychological attachment to a drug.






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. Drugs which suppress the appetite are called ___________.






13. The two major ________ pathways damaged in Parkinson's disease are acetylcholine and the nigrostriatal pathways.






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






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






16. Most psychoactive drugs are taken by one of three basic routes: by mouth - _________ - or inhalation.






17. The hallucinogenic effects of psilocybin are similar to those of LSD and __________.






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






19. A key belief of Alcoholics Anonymous is that alcohol dependence is an _________ - progressive disease characterized by a loss of control over drinking.






20. Marinol is a ____________ controlled substance.






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






22. Crack is obtained by mixing cocaine with simple _________ chemicals - including baking soda and water - and then drying it--resulting in a lump of smokable cocaine.






23. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both medicinal herbs - often used to treat mild






24. Drug dependence is made up of both ________ and psychological factors.






25. Another way of saying placebo effect is ___________ effect.






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






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






28. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.






29. Stimulants include cocaine - amphetamines - methamphetamine - caffeine - and ________.






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






31. The names of barbiturates all end in __.






32. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.






33. LSD is a synthetic substance and is the most ______ and notorious of the hallucinogens.






34. There are now more than 40 million former smokers in the United States - and about 90 percent of them report that they quit smoking _______ formal treatment programs.






35. Advertising restrictions - smoke-free indoor air - _____ on tobacco products and limiting youth access to tobacco are all examples of tobacco control laws.






36. To make coca paste - coca leaves are mixed with _________ or gasoline and then filtered to form the paste.






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






38. Heart rate and blood pressure are two of the many functions regulated by the _________ nervous system.






39. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both _______ _______ - often used to treat mild depression.






40. Opioids are also known as _________.






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






42. Withdrawal symptoms are more likely to develop with drugs that _____ the system quickly.






43. No prescription is required when purchasing ________________ drugs.






44. Men are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than women and pregnant women are less likely to use drugs than women who are not pregnant.






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






46. The first stage of drug addiction is ______.






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






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






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






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