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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cannabis sativa originated in Asia but now grows worldwide. _____ ____ is made from the fibers of this plant.
Hemp rope
Mental
Transmitter
Structural analogs
2. Despite popular belief to the contrary - heroin is not __________ addictive.
Medicine
San Salvador
Instantly
Entactogens
3. Alcohol withdrawal seizures may occur 6 to __ hours after the last drink.
Injection
48
Preschool
Heroin
4. Considerable evidence supports the idea that some degree of vulnerability to alcohol dependence might be _________.
Social
Inherited
Blood pressure
1937
5. If all of the following consumed the same amount of alcohol at the same speed - which one would have the highest BAC? (120 pound woman - 135 pound woman - 150 pound man - 170 pound man).
Barley
Sedatives
Black Tar
120 pound woman
6. The freebase method of smoking cocaine can be very dangerous because the combination of fire and ether fumes is extremely __________.
Hallucinogen
Ounces
British East India
Explosive
7. Even the newest ______________ drugs are only a little better than placebo.
Coca
Antidepressant
Malnutrition
Equal opportunity
8. Nitrous oxide is used by _________ for light anesthesia and can be found as a propellant in whipped cream dispensers.
Anesthetic
Dentists
Somatic
Breathing
9. The parasympathetic branch of the autonomic system stimulates digestion - slows the heart - and has other effects associated with a _______ physiological state.
30
Relaxed
Ethanol
Medical
10. The legal opioid methadone - is used to treat heroin dependence by reducing severity of __________ symptoms.
Withdrawal
Psychoactive
Pinpoint
Consequences
11. The two major ________ pathways damaged in Parkinson's disease are acetylcholine and the nigrostriatal pathways.
Dopamine
Recreational
Atypical
Peers
12. The __________ of alcohol by the liver occurs at a constant rate that is not much influenced by body size.
Malnutrition
Congestion rebound
One half
Metabolism
13. Smoking is involved in about ___ percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease.
30
Smaller
DMT
Eliminate
14. All reinforcing drugs (drugs that reinforce their use) stimulate dopamine neurons in the __________ system.
Withdrawal
Fetal Alcohol
Mesolimbic
Physical
15. _________ is a neurotransmitter associated with aggression and regulation of body weight.
Serotonin
5
Amphetamines
Anesthetics
16. _____________ Syndrome is a collection of physical and behavioral abnormalities that seems to be caused by the presence of alcohol during development of the fetus.
Chewing
Codeine
Mental
Fetal Alcohol
17. Alcohol is the drug most often associated with _______ crimes; in many cases - it is present in both the assailant and the victim.
Violent
Cocaine
440
Stimulant
18. Marijuana is the most commonly used ________ drug.
Illicit
Nicotine
Year
Leukoplakia
19. Depressants _________ the rate of various vital physiological activities - especially those of the central nervous system.
Mental
Decrease
Blindness
Preoccupation
20. Alcohol - cigarettes - and _________ are called gateway drugs because their use is often believed to lead to the use of other stronger drugs.
Marijuana
Serotonin
DMT
Equal opportunity
21. Drugs include any substances which can impair a person's ability to _______ function in society.
Instrumental
Hallucinogens
Medicinal herbs
Safely
22. Damage to the neurotransmitter _____________ is associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Prescription
Adolescents
Acetylcholine
Narcan
23. Most illicit drugs cause an addiction in both the mother and the infant because drugs (cocaine - barbiturates - heroin - etc) pass through the _________ and reach the baby.
Placenta
Neonatal abstinence
Appetite
25
24. Also known as synthetic drugs or synthetic ________ - these are designed to get around existing drug laws. Often they involve modifying the molecular structure of an existing drug. Ecstasy is an example of a designer drug (today it's illegal and is a
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Heroin
Dropouts
Opioids
25. Almost all of the ______________ and other conventional antipsychotics produce pseudoparkinsonism.
Phenothiazines
Replacing
Rate
Resin
26. Drugs with a long half life stay in the body for a very long time without significantly diminishing in strength - for example - ________ ________.
Thousand
Blood thinners
Norepinephrine
Caffeine
27. The hallucinogenic effects of psilocybin are similar to those of LSD and __________.
Mescaline
Opposed
Natural
Marinol
28. An irregular _____ _____ is called arrhythmia.
Heart beat
Phenothiazines
Crack
Muscle
29. Most studies show that alcohol is involved in about ____ _____ of all suicides.
Equilibrium
One-third
Heroin
Insomnia
30. The autonomic nervous system - also referred to as the ANS - regulates the _____________ functions of the body and is divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic branches.
20
Spinal cord
Involuntary
Sedative
31. The 'cold turkey' method - in which the addict suffers the symptoms of withdrawal until the cravings for the drug are no longer felt - is the most ______ method of heroin detoxification.
Common
Potency
Withdrawal
Enzymes
32. Because _______ is lipid soluble - it is easily absorbed by the liver - heart - brain - lungs and reproductive organs.
Schedule III
Overdose
Toluene
Watery
33. The unemployed are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than those who are employed.
Replacing
More
Weeks
Hydrochloride
34. In addition to vitamins and minerals - the FDA defines dietary supplements as substances such as herbs - extracts of herbs - ___________ and concentrates.
Benzodiazepines
Thousands
Illicit
Amino acids
35. For a given class of ___ drug - all the competing brands contain the same few active ingredients.
OTC
Dropouts
Narcotics
Hair
36. LSD is one of the most potent ____________ drugs.
Psychoactive
Substitution
Metabolism
Staggering
37. The four ways to administer heroin are sniffing - _______ injection (intramuscular) - smoking - and intravenous injection (mainlining).
Is Not
Alcohol
Nalorphine
Muscle
38. Cocaine ___ (Hydrochloride) is water soluble and can easily be injected intravenously.
HCL
Nutrients
Amino acids
Tobacco
39. ______ cocaine is not water soluble but can be converted to a water soluble cocaine salt if it is dissolved in citric acid ( for example - vinegar or lemon juice).
Crack
Dose dependent
Peers
Physical
40. _____________ are drugs which cause hallucinations. They alter the way a user perceives reality and can affect emotions.
Hallucinogens
Blood pressure
Memory
Peyote
41. ________ - benzodiazepines and opioid narcotics are also used for this purpose.
Placebo
Alcohol
Freebase
Contextual
42. The most common age group to report the most illicit drug use is 18 to __.
25
Xanthines
Glaucoma
Substitution
43. Users of cocaine _____________ either 'snort' (sniff) or inject the drug intravenously.
Diarrhea
Hydrochloride
Xanthines
Grain neutral
44. Hormones and _________________ are two types of chemical signals important for maintaining homeostasis.
Neurotransmitters
Gateway
Tardive dyskinesia
Synesthesia
45. In high doses or if combined with alcohol - barbiturates can stop a person's __________.
Homeostasis
Clove
Blood pressure
Breathing
46. 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.
Autonomic
THC
90
Body fat
47. CYP450 enzymes ______ toxic chemicals once they are eaten.
Eliminate
Kerosene
Hypoxia
More
48. ______________ are unhealthy because they interfere with REM sleep.
Naloxone
Sleeping pills
Instantly
Physical
49. 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.
Ethanol
Cocaine
Psychological
Molecular
50. The preoccupation phase is characterized by _________ concern about the drug.
Constant
Raves
Fetal Alcohol
Heart attacks