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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The _____ ____ of heroin is 15-30 minutes.
Constipation
Brain tissue
Half life
Neurotransmitters
2. _________ is often referred to as the brain's major excitatory neurotransmitter.
Glutamate
Theobromine
Artificial
Metabolism
3. _________ are the oldest stimulants known. They are found in tea - coffee - soft drinks and chocolate.
Craving
Leukoplakia
Mental retardation
Xanthines
4. FDA approved THC in capsule form is called _______.
Marinol
OTC
Molecular
Common
5. ____-acting barbiturates or benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed to prevent Alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
Adolescents
Psychoactive
Long
Autonomic
6. Excessive use of caffeine is called _________.
Pleasurable
Caffenism
Schedule I
Emphysema
7. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse - the typical narcotic habit costs $100 per ___.
Andes
Narcotics
Day
25
8. ______________ are significantly better than placebo treatments in reducing psychotic behaviors.
GABA
Eliminate
Phenothiazines
Somatic
9. 95% pure alcohol is called _____________ spirits
Grain neutral
Chlorpromazine
Prostitutes
Codeine
10. Another principal factor that affects drug use is __________.
Emphysema
Cocaine
Contextual
100
11. In the US - _______ was first used in psychiatry and as a local anesthetic.
Freebase
Cocaine
30
THC
12. 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.
Evaporate
Depressants
Marinol
Rohypnol
13. The withdrawal symptoms for a ______ user whose drug usage has consisted of a low daily dose resemble a mild case of intestinal flu.
Household
Heroin
Generic
Toxic
14. The three types are drug disposition tolerance - behavioral tolerance - and _________________ tolerance.
Amino acids
Pharmacodynamic
THC
41
15. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.
Dose response
Synthetic
Heart Disease
Nutrients
16. There are several FDA approved prescription drugs used to treat ________ - but only Lunesta has been approved for long term use.
10
Detoxification
Insomnia
Depressants
17. The somatic system carries sensory information into the CNS and carries ______ (movement) information back out.
Tissue
Motor
Opioids
5
18. In the relief stage - a user experiences satisfaction by _________ from negative feelings such as boredom - anger - stress - fatigue and loneliness.
Potent
Designer
III
Escaping
19. Cronic malnutrition causes _______ damage.
Instrumental
Antidepressant
30
Tissue
20. Cocaine is a ___________ controlled substance.
Schedule II
Expectancy
Epileptic seizures
Salt
21. For many years - ___________ sleeping pills were the drug of choice for people wishing to commit suicide.
Enzymes
Tobacco
Barbiturate
Constant
22. The time course of a drug's action depends on many things - including how the drug is administered - how quickly it is ______ - and how it is eliminated from the body.
Spinal cord
Cardiovascular
Absorbed
Cocaine
23. Another way of saying placebo effect is ___________ effect.
Less
Nonspecific
60
Neurotransmitters
24. Experimenters primarily restrict drug usage to ______________ settings and are motivated by peer pressure and curiosity.
Psychoactive
Recreational
Asleep
Nicotine
25. The _________ policy of the FDA concerns taking some prescription medications and removing the prescription requirement and making the drug available via OTC.
Lungs
Switching
Toluene
Taxes
26. Alcohol withdrawal seizures may occur 6 to __ hours after the last drink.
Breathing
One hour
Entactogens
48
27. ___________ is considered the fifth and final stage of drug addiction.
Iproniazid
Withdrawal
Potent
Placebo
28. The neurotransmitter ____ is found in most areas of the CNS and exerts generalized inhibitory functions.
GABA
Short term
Clozapine
Pharmacological
29. ________ symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations - delusions - disorganized speech and behavior.
Positive
Weeks
Drinking
Crack
30. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.
Loco weed
Safely
Theraputic
Breathing
31. The time from the patient receiving their first dose of antipsychotic medication until the first result is seen is at least __ days.
Mescaline
10
Clozapine
Placebo
32. Drugs which cause a loss of ______ are called Amnesiacs.
Smaller
Mental retardation
OTC
Memory
33. Men are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than women and pregnant women are less likely to use drugs than women who are not pregnant.
Opioids
20
More
Tissue
34. Timothy Leary was a well known psychologist and proponent for the use of ___ in the 1960s.
Depressants
LSD
Distillation
Motor
35. Gender affects BAC because the average female has a higher proportion of _________ and therefore - for a given weight has less volume in which to distribute the alcohol.
Body fat
One-third
Autonomic
Spirits
36. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.
Alcohol
Breathing
440
Heroin
37. For a drug to be ____________ - its molecules must be capable of passing through the blood-brain barrier.
Sleeping pills
Injection
Psychoactive
Antihistamines
38. Psychotic behavior when there is no known ________ cause refers to functional disorders.
Autonomic
200
Phyiscal
Replacing
39. Women are more likely to have problems with ______________ medicines.
Antitussives
Slowly
Solvent
Prescription
40. Onset of drug effects via inhalation is quite rapid because the capillary walls are very accessible in the _____ - and the drug thus enters the blood quickly.
Psychoactive
Lungs
Psychotherapeutic
Memory
41. The Soviets were the first to use ________ to build up their athletes.
Coca
Detoxification
Steroids
Antipsychotics
42. A ________ book written in 2737 BC by Chinese emperor Shen Nung contains the earliest reference to Cannabis.
Receptors
Pharmacy
Tardive dyskinesia
Medicine
43. The most widely used licit social drug is _______.
48
Synthetic
Nicotine
Alcohol
44. When an alcoholic learns to modify his behavior to compensate for motor impairments associated with being intoxicated this is called _____ _____.
Entactogens
Sinsemilla
Behavioral tolerance
Opioid
45. The combination of amphetamine or cocaine with an opioid narcotic--often heroin--is called a _________.
Speedball
Indians
Psychoactive
Al
46. Examples of opioid antagonists are _________ - nalorphine and naltrexone.
25
Hydrochloride
Nail polish
Naloxone
47. Synthetic drugs which result from the altered chemical structures of illicit drugs are called __________________.
Structural analogs
Potent
Stimulant
Endorphines
48. An increase in the heart rate and reddening of the ____ are the two most consistent physiological effects of smoking marijuana.
Months
Eyes
Adolescents
Chlorpromazine
49. Alcohol ______ - is the tendency for someone under the influence of alcohol to focus on the here and now and to pay less attention to long term consequences.
Myopia
Benzodiazepines
Analgesic
Freebase
50. Many plant-produced chemicals have effects on the intestines or muscles; others alter ______ biochemistry.
Alcohol
Brain
Special K
Half life