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DSST Substance Abuse

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1. An irregular _____ _____ is called arrhythmia.






2. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.






3. Cronic malnutrition causes _______ damage.






4. using drugs to achieve some goal other than the prescribed use - for example taking pills to stay awake and drive all night.






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






6. Short acting drugs are used as __________ to treat insomnia and long acting drugs are used as sedatives to give prolonged relief from anxiety.






7. Drugs which cause a loss of ______ are called Amnesiacs.






8. The active ingredients for half of the prescriptions filled consist of only ____ drugs.






9. In order to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in pharmacologically significant amounts - the drug must be lipid soluble and have a molecular weight ____ than 400 Daltons.






10. The FDA restricted amphetamine use to _____ ______ weight reduction programs in 1970.






11. 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.






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






13. Psychological dependence is closely related to the concept of _________ reinforcement - which states that if a behavior is reliably followed by a stimulus - it leads to an increase in the behavior.






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






15. ___________ is considered the fifth and final stage of drug addiction.






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.






17. Pharmacodynamic tolerance occurs when the brain attempts to maintain _____________ by altering the nervous system's sensitivity.






18. In a double blind procedure - neither the patient nor the doctor know whether the subject is receiving a _______ or an experimental drug.






19. 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.






20. ____________ is the process by which sugar is converted into alcohol through the biochemical action of yeast.






21. The branch of the _________ system involved in flight or fight reactions is called the sympathetic branch.






22. ___ involves using electric shock to induce convulsions in mental patients.






23. When cocaine use is suddenly stopped - a 'crash' follows almost instantaneously that is characterized by an intense ________ for more cocaine.






24. ________ _________ is the biological name for marijuana.






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






26. The four ways to administer heroin are sniffing - _______ injection (intramuscular) - smoking - and intravenous injection (mainlining).






27. Oral ingestion can be compared to intranasal administration (snorting) in that it is absorbed much more _______ than smoking or IV injection.






28. Marijuana is known to lower intraocular (within the eye) pressure associated with ________.






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






30. There are currently no FDA approved OTC drugs for ______________.






31. ________ drugs are developed to eliminate the illegality of a drug by modifying a drug into a new compound.






32. For some drugs - the dependence is mostly _______________ - whereas for others - a user may develop a heavy physical dependence on the drug with just a few uses.






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






34. Other alcohols and oils contained in alcoholic beverages are called _________.






35. Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse - no current ________ use in the US and have been declared unsafe.






36. Physical dependence involves the need to continue using the drug to avoid __________ symptoms which include sickness and discomfort.






37. Family and friends of controlled users are often completely unaware of this person's drug use. Controlled users place ___________ constraints on their drug use - for example never on a workday - never around children - etc.






38. 'Opioid' is another word for '_____'.






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






40. In the late 1800s the typical ______ user was a middle aged white woman who functioned well and was adjusted to her life as a wife and mother.






41. In the 1960s and 1970s an ergogenic drug commonly used by American ________ players was amphetamines.






42. Marinol is a ____________ controlled substance.






43. Amphetamines can be taken orally - intravenously or by _______.






44. Anabolic steroids build muscle mass by stimulating the conversion of _________ into tissue.






45. An interesting effect of LSD use is that of ___________ - a 'mixing of senses.'






46. 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.






47. 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






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






49. ________ is a substance that is responsible for more adverse health consequences and death than any other.






50. Cross tolerance exists between LSD - mescaline and __________.