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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. With _______ parodoxical effects include bizarre uninhibited behavior - rage - hostility and paranoia.
Benzodiazepines
Eyes
Hypoventilation
Sigmund Freud
2. ________ is a drug used for treating alcoholics. It makes them extremely sick if they drink even a small amount of alcohol.
Antabuse
Topical anesthesia
Hemp rope
Muscle spasms
3. Two consequences of illicit drug use are lost productivity and increased ___________ costs.
Healthcare
Naloxone
Fetal Alcohol
Methamphetamine
4. The amount of alcohol that can be metabolized by the liver is about 0.25 to 0.30 _______ per hour.
Ounces
Codeine
Smaller
Paradoxica
5. The time course of a drug's action depends on many things - including how the drug is administered - how quickly it is ______ - and how it is eliminated from the body.
Brain
Loco weed
Absorbed
Alcoholics Anonymous
6. Molecules that assist in either the metabolism (breaking down) or synthesis (creation) of another molecule are called _______.
Enzymes
Social
PCP
Inexpensive
7. The opioid antagonist __________ selectively blocks opioid effects - preventing the user from experiencing the reinforcing effects of the abused drug (for example - heroin).
Depressants
Dopamine
Naltrexone
Hypoventilation
8. An irregular _____ _____ is called arrhythmia.
LSD
Heart beat
Inflammatory
Crystal meth
9. Dopamine - acetylcholine - norepinephrine - serotonin - GABA - glutamate - and endorphins are all _________________ associated with the actions of the psychoactive drugs.
Cost
Neurotransmitters
Myopia
More
10. Metabolites refer to the substances that are produced or left over when the body metabolizes (_______ ______) the drugs that have been consumed.
Potent
Common
Breaks down
Bipolar disorder
11. College _________ had the lowest rate of current use of illicit drugs.
Graduates
Medical
Autonomic
Detoxification
12. Physical dependence involves the need to continue using the drug to avoid __________ symptoms which include sickness and discomfort.
Poppers
Chlorpromazine
100
Withdrawal
13. Through fermentation - the alcohol concentration is limited to ___%.
15
Rock
Raves
Without
14. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.
Cancer
Breathing
48
Detoxification
15. Volatile substances will __________ at low temperatures.
Hypnotics
Blood-brain
V
Evaporate
16. Men are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than women and pregnant women are less likely to use drugs than women who are not pregnant.
Asleep
Anesthetics
Atypical
More
17. Acne and baldness in men - decreased breast size and facial hair in women are some of the side effects associated with ________________ use.
Anabolic steroid
Phenothiazines
Poppers
30
18. Methyl alcohol is made from ____.
Wood
Smoked
Relief
Distillation
19. 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.
Pharmacodynamic
Employee Assitance Programs
Laughing gas
Biological
20. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a condition affecting children born to alcoholic mothers - characterized by facial deformities - growth deficiency - and ____________________.
Glucosamine
Less
Alcohol
Mental retardation
21. Two OTC smoking _________ aids are nicotine gum and patches.
Half life
Cessation
Drug
Equal opportunity
22. Flashbacks are the recurrence of certain aspects of the drug experience weeks or months after an individual has taken ___.
Dose response
Nalorphine
One half
LSD
23. Perceived risk refers to the perceived ______________ of using the drug.
Depressants
Psychological
Skin
Consequences
24. Psilocybin is the active psychoactive ingredient in _______________.
Laughing gas
Medical
Glaucoma
Magic mushrooms
25. The important Xanthine varieties are caffeine - theophylline - and _____________.
Toluene
Theobromine
Moderate
Environment
26. Many ________ remedies have been used for anxiety disorder and depression. These include Kava Kava (also known as Kava Root) and St John's Wort.
Prostitutes
Schedule I
Natural
20
27. Cannabis was declared illegal in the US in the year ____.
Glucosamine
1937
Phyiscal
Decreased
28. Drugs are said to be ______ ________ when tolerance to one reduces the effectiveness of each of the others.
Cross tolerant
Freebase
Erich Goode
Enzymes
29. Drug misuse is the inappropriate use of OTC or ____________ medications.
20
Reducing
Prescription
Hallucinogen
30. Inhalant abuse can cause _______ - a state of oxygen deficiency in the body.
Weeks
Hypoxia
Equilibrium
Schedule I
31. The predominant style of tobacco use went from pipes to snuff to _______ to cigars to cigarettes.
Crack
Chewing
Neurotransmitters
Atypical
32. Opioids ________ the central nervous system (CNS).
100
Depress
Reducing
10
33. _______ professionals and their staff are the most likely to abuse nitrous oxide.
Medicine
Barbiturate
Alcoholic
Medical
34. Despite popular belief to the contrary - heroin is not __________ addictive.
Plants
Alcohol
Instantly
III
35. The first stage of drug addiction is ______.
Relief
Mental
1937
Addiction
36. Examples of damage to the cardiovascular system caused by medical doses of amphetamines include increased heart rate - raised _______ _________ - and damage to veins and arteries.
James
Patent medicines
Barley
Blood pressure
37. Withdrawal symptoms may begin within hours or days after the smoker quits and may continue for several _______.
Months
Taxes
Mucous membranes
Involuntary
38. __________________ is the most serious side effect of long term antipsychotic drug treatment.
Tardive dyskinesia
Less
Antipsychotics
Pharmacological
39. The forming of a neurotransmitter by the action of _______ on precursors is called synthesis.
Enzymes
Mushrooms
Weeks
Liver
40. The preoccupation phase is characterized by _________ concern about the drug.
Constant
Transdermal patch
Glaucoma
1980
41. _______ withdrawal often lacks the severe physical symptoms that occur with heroin or alcohol withdrawal.
Cocaine
Relief
Amphetamines
One-third
42. The active ingredient found in OTC stimulants is ________.
Eliminate
Illegal Recreational Use
Sedative
Caffeine
43. Psychotic behavior when there is no known ________ cause refers to functional disorders.
Phyiscal
Mental
Antihistamines
Dentists
44. Approximately _% of alcoholics - who experience alcohol withdrawal symptoms - must be treated in a hospital or in an alcohol rehabilitation facility that specializes in detoxification.
5
Rate
Dentists
Black Tar
45. _______ is drinkable - is the psychoactive ingredient in alcoholic beverages - and is also known as grain alcohol.
15
Ethanol
Antipsychotics
Psychological
46. Injecting an illegal drug intravenously is called __________.
Glutamate
Mainlining
Weight
Medical
47. drug detoxification often relies upon ___________
Patent medicines
Substitution
Atypical
Large
48. Severe alcoholism often results in ____________ as a result of decreased caloric intake by alcoholics.
Mescaline
Homeostasis
Malnutrition
Heart beat
49. Originally - the __________ movement supported the drinking of beer and wine but was strongly opposed to distilled spirits.
Temperance
Muscle tone
Congestion rebound
Nicotine
50. Nitrous oxide is used by _________ for light anesthesia and can be found as a propellant in whipped cream dispensers.
Dentists
GABA
Cigarettes
Absorbed