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DSST Substance Abuse

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






2. Diphenhydramine - hydroxyzine and promethazine are examples of OTC and prescription ______________ used as CNS depressants.






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






4. Common opioids include morphine - codeine - _____ and methadone.






5. Women are more likely to have problems with ______________ medicines.






6. At first - tobacco was almost universally accepted as a ________.






7. For a given class of ___ drug - all the competing brands contain the same few active ingredients.






8. The four stages of alcohol withdrawal are _______ - hallucinations - delusions and seizures.






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






12. LSD and other hallucinogens typically do not produce physical __________.






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






14. Crack is also known as '_____'.






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






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






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






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






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






20. Two brain imaging techniques are ___ and MRI.






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






22. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a condition affecting children born to alcoholic mothers - characterized by facial deformities - growth deficiency - and ____________________.






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






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






25. 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.






26. Drugs with a high potential for abuse - with a currently accepted _______ use in the US - whose abuse may lead to severe physical or psychological dependence are listed under Schedule II.






27. The 1914 Harrison Act regulated sales of opiates and _______.






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






29. In the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use - only 1.6 percent of U.S. adults reported ever having used Heroin in their lifetimes - with 0.1 percent reporting use in the past ____.






30. The amount of alcohol that can be metabolized by the liver is about 0.25 to 0.30 _______ per hour.






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






32. The autonomic nervous system - also referred to as the ANS - regulates the _____________ functions of the body and is divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic branches.






33. Permanent brain damage - loss of muscle control - damage to the liver - heart - blood - and bone marrow are all possible consequences of _____ abuse.






34. Federal laws which prohibited the sale of alcohol from 1920 to ____ are called prohibition.






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






36. In laboratory studies - the balanced placebo design is used to separate the pharmacological effects of alcohol from the alcohol __________ effects.






37. In a recent study - 65.6% of full time employees reported _______ use within the past month.






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






39. Toluene is the psychoactive chemical found in many commonly abused inhalants such as glues - paints - thinners and _____ ______.






40. ____-acting barbiturates or benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed to prevent Alcohol withdrawal symptoms.






41. An irregular _____ _____ is called arrhythmia.






42. 95% pure alcohol is called _____________ spirits






43. Its believed that both cocaine and amphetamines interact with a number of _________________ - including dopamine - norepinephrine and serotonin.






44. Many _________ drugs act by enhancing GABA inhibition.






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






46. REM sleep is the sleep phase associated with _______.






47. Drugs designed to treat _________ _________. are being used as effective mood stabilizers.






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






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






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