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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Psychotic behavior when there is no known ________ cause refers to functional disorders.






2. The opioid antagonist __________ selectively blocks opioid effects - preventing the user from experiencing the reinforcing effects of the abused drug (for example - heroin).






3. A ________ book written in 2737 BC by Chinese emperor Shen Nung contains the earliest reference to Cannabis.






4. Cronic malnutrition causes _______ damage.






5. The dried crushed leaves - flowers - stems and seeds of the cannabis sativa plant is called _______.






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






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






8. The active ingredient found in OTC stimulants is ________.






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






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






11. 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.






12. Examples of damage to the cardiovascular system caused by medical doses of amphetamines include increased heart rate - raised _______ _________ - and damage to veins and arteries.






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






14. Acne and baldness in men - decreased breast size and facial hair in women are some of the side effects associated with ________________ use.






15. The second stage of drug addiction is increased use - in which the user starts to take increased amounts of the drug. This is followed by _____________ - the third stage of drug addiction.






16. The Soviets were the first to use ________ to build up their athletes.






17. The basic __________ skeleton of an illicit drug is modified to form a new compound. PCP and Ecstasy are probably the most well known examples of synthetic drugs.






18. ______________ are unhealthy because they interfere with REM sleep.






19. Nicotine is often thought of as being a mild _________ - but it also seems to have some of the relaxant properties of a low dose of a depressant.






20. The effective dose (ED50) for LSD is many __________ of times smaller than that of other psychoactive drugs.






21. In a recent survey - __ percent of high-dose marijuana users reported some withdrawal symptoms upon quitting - most commonly nervousness and sleep disturbance.






22. Amphetamine abusers often use ___________ - such as barbiturates to counteract the hyperactive feelings associated with high doses of amphetamines.






23. College _________ had the lowest rate of current use of illicit drugs.






24. _______ is absorbed most quickly through smoking and intravenous injection.






25. _____ drug use refers to using a drug with a specific functional purpose--not for recreation






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






27. By the 1850s - the temperance movement supported not only a ban on distilled spirits but also a ban on all __________ beverages.






28. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.






29. The exact mechanism by which alcohol exerts its effects in the ______ _______ _______ is unknown - but it is believed that its interactions with the GABA receptor are important.






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






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






32. Methamphetamine is also known as '______'.






33. ______________ are significantly better than placebo treatments in reducing psychotic behaviors.






34. The somatic system carries sensory information into the CNS and carries ______ (movement) information back out.






35. ________ _________ is the biological name for marijuana.






36. Opioids are also known as _________.






37. The names of barbiturates all end in __.






38. Heroin illegally imported from Mexico is called _____ ____.






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






40. Benzodiazepines are classified by their ________ of action.






41. Current medical applications for cocaine are as a local __________ for ear - nose - and throat procedures.






42. The legal opioid methadone - is used to treat heroin dependence by reducing severity of __________ symptoms.






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






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






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






46. Drugs are said to be ______ ________ when tolerance to one reduces the effectiveness of each of the others.






47. The dosage difference between an acceptable level of effectiveness and the lowest _____ dose is called the safety margin.






48. The psychoactive ingredient found in the _____________ is mescaline.






49. ______ is an antipsychotic medication used for treating psychotic disorders including Tourette's syndrome.






50. Another word for _________ is painkiller.