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DSST Substance Abuse

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1. The DEA is the primary _______ agency responsible for enforcing U.S. drug laws.






2. Considerable evidence supports the idea that some degree of vulnerability to alcohol dependence might be _________.






3. higher tolerance to heroin also results in higher tolerance to morphine and ________.






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






5. Cannabis addiction is ______ harmful than addiction to tobacco - prescription drugs or alcohol.






6. The first stage of drug addiction is ______.






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






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






9. ________ is used primarily in conjunction with surgical anesthesia and is approximately a hundred times as potent as morphine.






10. Legal instrumental - illegal instrumental - legal recreational and illegal recreational use are the 4 types of drug use according to ___________.






11. For many years - ___________ sleeping pills were the drug of choice for people wishing to commit suicide.






12. Drug induced respiratory depression is also called _______________ and is a common type of drug overdose death.






13. Prodrugs are inactive in the original form and become active only after they are altered by the liver _______.






14. The _________ policy of the FDA concerns taking some prescription medications and removing the prescription requirement and making the drug available via OTC.






15. _______ drugs are illegal to own or use. Some examples are cocaine - LSD and marijuana.






16. Columbus was presented tobacco by natives of ____ __________ in 1492 and he brought it with him back to Spain.






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






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






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






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






21. __________________ is the most serious side effect of long term antipsychotic drug treatment.






22. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.






23. Also known as narcotics - _______ are a group of analgesic drugs that cause a dreamlike state; high doses can induce sleep.






24. Drug use can be detected in urine for up to 5 days - in saliva for up to 1 day and in hair samples for up to ___ days.






25. Two forms of cocaine which can be smoked are _____ and coca paste.






26. ___________ disease is a degenerative neurological disease involving damage to dopamine neurons.

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






28. Women are more likely to have problems with ______________ medicines.






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






30. The substitution method of drug detoxification involves _________ the abused substance with a new - less-addicting drug.






31. Nitrous oxide is used by _________ for light anesthesia and can be found as a propellant in whipped cream dispensers.






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






33. Some smokers believe that _____ cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes.






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






35. ________ antipsychotics are effective at reducing both the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.






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






37. LSD and other hallucinogens typically do not produce physical __________.






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






39. Drugs include any substances which can impair a person's ability to _______ function in society.






40. A typical progression of drug use starts with ___________ and alcohol - and then marijuana before moving on to the stronger drugs - which is why these drugs are often called 'gateway' drugs.






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






42. Aspirin is one of the most popular OTC drugs in the US. It is used for its analgesic - anti-____________and antipyretic effects.






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






44. CNS depressants include: alcohol - ______________ - opioids - benzodiazepines and barbiturates.






45. In the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use - only 1.6 percent of U.S. adults reported ever having used Heroin in their lifetimes - with 0.1 percent reporting use in the past ____.






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






47. Half life refers to how long a drug is ______ in the body.






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






49. Drugs used to relieve _______ are called anxiolytics.






50. The three components of the nervous system are the central nervous system - the _______ system - and the autonomic system.