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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cause of death with opioid overdose is usually suppressed __________.






2. The fourth stage of drug addiction is __________.






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






4. Because drug use can be found in all parts of society regardless of income - education - occupation - social class - and age - it is called an ________ ________ affliction.






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






6. _______ professionals and their staff are the most likely to abuse nitrous oxide.






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






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






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






10. Herbs and _________ were used by early Greeks in Olympic games to enhance their performance.






11. Another word for ____________ is psychedelic.






12. ___________________ are not regulated as OTC drugs. They don't have to be shown to be effective - and the amount of supposed active ingredient varies extensively.






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






14. There are approximately __ analogs of PCP.






15. 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.






16. Ethylene glycol alcohol is poisonous and is a primary ingredient of __________.






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






18. 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.






19. Cocaine is used for _________ ___________ and vasoconstriction for surgery of the mouth - nose - and throat.






20. ______________ and antipsychotics are two groups of drugs used to treat the symptoms associated with psychosis.






21. Clonidine can be administered by a _____________ ______ - which gradually releases the drug over a seven day period.






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






23. When alcohol is heated and the vapors are condensed into liquid form again - the process is called ____________.






24. When an alcoholic learns to modify his behavior to compensate for motor impairments associated with being intoxicated this is called _____ _____.






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






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






27. An increase in the heart rate and reddening of the ____ are the two most consistent physiological effects of smoking marijuana.






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






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






30. Considerable evidence supports the idea that some degree of vulnerability to alcohol dependence might be _________.






31. Another word for _________ is painkiller.






32. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.






33. GHB is most well-known for its use in substances that disable users and make them vulnerable to sexual assault. _________ is another drug of this type.






34. Nicotine _______ are also known as transdermal nicotine systems.






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






37. Another word for ____________ is euphorigenic.






38. The pharmacological term for alcohol is _______.






39. CNS depressants that promote relaxation and relieve anxiety are called _________.






40. The primary purpose for the creation of the 1938 Federal Food - Drug - and Cosmetic Act was ___________.






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






42. Synthetic drugs which result from the altered chemical structures of illicit drugs are called __________________.






43. The unemployed are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than those who are employed.






44. The most common active ingredients contained in OTC sleep aids are ______________.






45. Almost all of the ______________ and other conventional antipsychotics produce pseudoparkinsonism.






46. In 1970 - the FDA limited the legal use of ____________ to three medical conditions: narcolepsy - ADHD - and short term weight reduction programs.






47. According to a recent study - men and women from ______ backgrounds are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit the habit.






48. Many _________ drugs act by enhancing GABA inhibition.






49. In a double blind procedure - neither the patient nor the doctor know whether the subject is receiving a _______ or an experimental drug.






50. Psychotic behavior resulting from a known ________ cause is called an organic disorder.