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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ___ involves using electric shock to induce convulsions in mental patients.






2. The ______ ______ ______ company was responsible for the smuggling of opium into China during the 1800s.






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






4. The CNS consists of the brain and _____________.






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






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






7. The half life of _______ is 60 to 90 minutes.






8. The addiction rate for tobacco is 20 to 30% - for alcohol the rate is 15% - and for cocaine its __%.






9. Methamphetamine is also known as '______'.






10. The amount of drug that must be given to obtain a particular response is called _______.






11. Permanent brain damage - loss of muscle control - damage to the liver - heart - blood - and bone marrow are all possible consequences of _____ abuse.






12. Users of cocaine _____________ either 'snort' (sniff) or inject the drug intravenously.






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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






17. Heart rate and blood pressure are two of the many functions regulated by the _________ nervous system.






18. Examples of Schedule III substances include anabolic _________ and GHB.






19. Drugs with a high potential for abuse - no currently accepted medical use in the US - and declared unsafe are listed under Schedule _.






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






21. The theory that the popularity of marijuana increases when the risk associated with its use decreases is called _________ _____.






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






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






24. 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.






25. Examples of ilicit drugs - include alcohol - tea - coffee - _______ and over the counter (OTC) drugs.






26. Despite popular belief to the contrary - heroin is not __________ addictive.






27. Originally it was believed that the occurrences of paranoid psychosis in cocaine and amphetamine users was caused by a pre-existing _______ condition or due to sleep deprivation.






28. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.






29. The most common active ingredients contained in OTC sleep aids are ______________.






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






31. Inhalant abuse can begin as early as __________.






32. Two brain imaging techniques are ___ and MRI.






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






34. Cocaine is a ___________ controlled substance.






35. Originally marketed as a non-habit-forming substitute for codeine - ______ is derived from opium and is about three times as potent as morphine.






36. ______ is an antipsychotic medication used for treating psychotic disorders including Tourette's syndrome.






37. Headaches - nosebleeds - nausea - drunken appearance and ______ eyes are all signs of inhalant abuse.






38. Both tricyclics and MAO inhibitors interfere with the reuptake of the neurotransmitters ______________ - dopamine - and serotonin.






39. _______________ are the most widely prescribed types Sedative-Hypnotics.






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






41. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)






42. _______________ is a highly addictive stimulant that is cheaper and much longer lasting than cocaine.






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






44. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.






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






46. Drug misuse is the inappropriate use of OTC or ____________ medications.






47. ________ _________ is the biological name for marijuana.






48. The parasympathetic branch of the autonomic system stimulates digestion - slows the heart - and has other effects associated with a _______ physiological state.






49. Drugs that block the action of morphine - heroin - or other opioids are called opioid ___________.






50. The dosage difference between an acceptable level of effectiveness and the lowest _____ dose is called the safety margin.