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DSST Substance Abuse

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1. Two brain imaging techniques are ___ and MRI.






2. Although they were originally called _____________ - antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis without producing drowsiness.






3. 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.






4. The 66 unique chemicals found in cannabis are called ____________.






5. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.






6. For a drug to be ____________ - its molecules must be capable of passing through the blood-brain barrier.






7. Chemicals in the brain that produce effects similar to morphine and other opium derived drugs are called __________.






8. Another principal factor that affects drug use is __________.






9. Whiskey - Scotch - and Brandy are examples of distilled beverages. They are also called '________'.






10. The withdrawal symptoms for a ______ user whose drug usage has consisted of a low daily dose resemble a mild case of intestinal flu.






11. Transdermal literally means 'through the _____'.






12. ____________ drugs are drug compounds (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter consciousness and/or perceptions.






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






14. Another word for ____________ is euphorigenic.






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






16. Drugs designed to treat _________ _________. are being used as effective mood stabilizers.






17. To remove the caffeine - unroasted coffee beans are soaked in an organic ________.






18. Cocaine is used for _________ ___________ and vasoconstriction for surgery of the mouth - nose - and throat.






19. _____________ classified as Phantastica are not very toxic and allow the user to remain in communication with the present world.






20. 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.






21. Not everyone praised the use of tobacco; many _______ it.






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






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






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






25. Federal laws which prohibited the sale of alcohol from 1920 to ____ are called prohibition.






26. Adopted sons whose __________ fathers were alcohol dependent have a much greater than average chance of becoming alcohol dependent than adopted sons of non-alcoholic fathers.






27. Smokers die _____ years earlier than nonsmokers.






28. The most important drug-metabolizing enzymes found in the liver belong to a group known as the ______ family of enzymes.






29. ___________ is a precancerous lesion caused by chewing tobacco.






30. Medical uses of _______________ include muscle relaxants - sleeping pills - treatment for convulsive disorders (epilepsy) - alcohol detoxification - and preoperative anesthesia (amnesiac).






31. _____ drug use refers to using a drug with a specific functional purpose--not for recreation






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






33. Cannabis (marijuana) - Anabolic Steroids - Inhalants/Organic Solvents and narcotics are also found to be among the most ________ abused drugs.






34. Psychotic behavior when there is no known ________ cause refers to functional disorders.






35. Alcoholics - who experience mild to _________ alcohol withdrawal symptoms - can usually be treated on an outpatient basis by a healthcare professional.






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






37. Most drugs are derived directly or indirectly from ______.






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






39. ___ was originally used as a surgical anesthetic and has hallucinogenic effects different from LSD and mescaline (peyote cactus).






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






41. A recent study indicated that persons aged 26 to __ were most likely to have used marijuana sometime during their life.






42. Heroin illegally imported from Mexico is called _____ ____.






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






44. 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.






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






46. The primary psychoactive ingredient in tobacco is ________.






47. After a patient receives their first dose of lithium it takes at least __ days to see results.






48. The Native American Church's use of ______ has been controversial throughout the twentieth century.






49. ______________ are unhealthy because they interfere with REM sleep.






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