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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Two OTC smoking _________ aids are nicotine gum and patches.






2. 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 ____.






3. Clonidine is an opioide agonist drug (similar to methadone) used in heroin ______________.






4. Alcohol dependence as a disease is also known as disease model of alcohol dependence and this concept did not become really popular until ______________________ began to have a major influence in the 1940s and 1950s






5. Many drug users are 'controlled' users and their drug use is _______ to those around them.






6. Age ___ and older showed sharp drop in use.






7. According to a 1997 report - alcohol is involved in more than ___ thousand deaths in the US each year.






8. The use of alcohol has decreased since ____ and its consumption varies greatly in different regions of the US and among different cultural groups.






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






10. Medical science has used opium as a pain reliever and also to treat _________ and dehydration caused by dysentery.






11. When nonsmokers inhale cigarette smoke from their ___________ it is called passive smoking.






12. Drugs with a long half life stay in the body for a very long time without significantly diminishing in strength - for example - ________ ________.






13. Physiological effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) include ________ in body temperature - heart rate and blood pressure - sweating and dilation of eye pupils.






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






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






16. The addiction rate for tobacco is 20 to 30% - for alcohol the rate is 15% - and for cocaine its __%.






17. Some smokers believe that _____ cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes.






18. The combination of amphetamine or cocaine with an opioid narcotic--often heroin--is called a _________.






19. Smokers often report ________ _____ when they quit smoking.






20. The two main side effects of therapeutic doses of amphetamines are drug abuse and damage to the ______________ system.






21. LSD - PCP and mescaline are _____________.






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






23. Nicotine affects the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the reward/________ pathways of the brain.






24. Methyl alcohol is added to grain alcohol for industrial use to prevent _________.






25. Molecules that assist in either the metabolism (breaking down) or synthesis (creation) of another molecule are called _______.






26. The psychological effects of LSD - mescaline - and psilocybin can be blocked with ________.






27. ________ antipsychotics are effective at reducing both the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.






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






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






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






31. Depressants _________ the rate of various vital physiological activities - especially those of the central nervous system.






32. CYP450 enzymes ______ toxic chemicals once they are eaten.






33. Through fermentation - the alcohol concentration is limited to ___%.






34. Fast acting drugs are the most likely to produce _____________ dependence.






35. Cronic malnutrition causes _______ damage.






36. No prescription is required when purchasing ________________ drugs.






37. Because their effect varies depending on the dose - CNS depressants are said to be _____ ________.






38. _________ is a neurotransmitter associated with aggression and regulation of body weight.






39. A person who has narcolepsy falls ______ as often as 50 times a day.






40. Only lipid-soluble substances can pass the _____________ barrier.






41. A substance that has less potential for abuse than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II - has a currently accepted medical use in the US - and whose abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence






42. Poisonous alcohols include methyl - ethylene glycol and _________.






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






44. 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.






45. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.






46. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.






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






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






49. The part of the brain which controls ___________ is called basal ganglia.






50. Glaucoma is a leading cause of ______ and its treatment is one of the possible medical uses of marijuana.