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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _______ is absorbed most quickly through smoking and intravenous injection.






2. Employee Assitance Programs or EAPs can also be known as _____ of Assistance programs.






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






4. ________ symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations - delusions - disorganized speech and behavior.






5. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.






6. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both medicinal herbs - often used to treat mild






7. Smokers die _____ years earlier than nonsmokers.






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






9. Timothy Leary was a well known psychologist and proponent for the use of ___ in the 1960s.






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






11. Respiratory depression is the most common type of drug _________ death--people simply stop breathing.






12. ________ - tobacco and marijuana are commonly called gateway drugs.






13. 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.






14. The most _________ form of alcohol withdrawal is called delirium tremens and occurs in about 5 percent of people who have withdrawal symptoms.






15. A BAC of 0.05 results in lowered alertness and a BAC of ____ results in death (lethal dose).






16. The timing of the onset - duration - and termination of a drug's effect is called the ___________.






17. _______ is drinkable - is the psychoactive ingredient in alcoholic beverages - and is also known as grain alcohol.






18. 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.






19. Methods of drug testing include urine - ____ - and saliva.






20. Synthetic drugs which result from the altered chemical structures of illicit drugs are called __________________.






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






22. The concentration of _______ found in the blood is called the BAC.






23. 18.2% of unemployed persons report ________ drug use compared to only 7.9% of those with full time jobs and 10.7% of part time employees.






24. The __________ of alcohol by the liver occurs at a constant rate that is not much influenced by body size.






25. Many ________ remedies have been used for anxiety disorder and depression. These include Kava Kava (also known as Kava Root) and St John's Wort.






26. Cocaine is derived from the ____ plant.






27. Transdermal literally means 'through the _____'.






28. ______ causing chemicals contained in tobacco are called nitrosamines.






29. A common lung disease caused by smoking is _________.






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






31. The DSM-IV-TR is a manual which provides criteria for classifying mental disorders into hundreds of specific __________ categories.






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






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






34. Drugs which enhance the sense of touch are called ___________.






35. Drug ____________ occur when a drug enhances or inhibits the effect of another drug.






36. The introduction of antipsychotic drugs have caused a dramatic ________ in the population of mental hospitals.






37. Smoking is involved in about ___ percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease.






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






39. Opiates are drugs that contain _____ or one of its derivatives.






40. ________ is a drug used for treating alcoholics. It makes them extremely sick if they drink even a small amount of alcohol.






41. Even the newest ______________ drugs are only a little better than placebo.






42. A single shot of heroin lasts ___ hours.






43. Hashish is the most ______ cannabis preparation - it's THC level can be as high as 28%.






44. The names of barbiturates all end in __.






45. Approximately __% of people who use marijuana become addicted to it.






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






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






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






49. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.






50. When using snuff or chewing tobacco - nicotine is absorbed through the ______ lining of the mouth.