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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. Occasionally drugs can have ___________ effects--an opposite effect to what is normally expected.
Paradoxica
Steroids
Opioids
Fermentation
2. Drug testing in sports began in the ____s.
1960
Marijuana
Cardiovascular
Prescription
3. The psychological effects of LSD - mescaline - and psilocybin can be blocked with ________.
Mental
Chlorpromazine
Hallucinogens
Disease
4. Approximately __% of people who use marijuana become addicted to it.
Mainlining
Abuse
Addiction
10
5. A substance that has less potential for abuse than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II - has a currently accepted medical use in the US - and whose abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence
Poorer
Smoked
III
Mesolimbic
6. Psychological dependence develops most rapidly when the drug hits the ______ quickly.
Cessation
Incurable
Brain
Half life
7. Marijuana is the most commonly used ________ drug.
Contextual
Irritability
Illicit
13-14
8. The ________ the amount needed to get a particular effect - the more potent the drug.
Smaller
Salt
Federal
Commonly
9. Cannabis sativa originated in Asia but now grows worldwide. _____ ____ is made from the fibers of this plant.
Hemp rope
Phyiscal
Constipation
Intoxicating
10. Also known as narcotics - _______ are a group of analgesic drugs that cause a dreamlike state; high doses can induce sleep.
Muscle spasms
Opioids
1933
Alcohol
11. Drug _____ is to use a drug in a situation - manner or amount that it causes social - psychological - physical or occupational problems.
Abuse
Graduates
Tobacco
Caffeine
12. Nicotine affects the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the reward/________ pathways of the brain.
Antihistamines
Pleasure
Mental retardation
Day
13. licit drug use - alcohol - tobacco - caffeine
Legal Recreational Use
Women
Weight control
Prostitutes
14. Other alcohols and oils contained in alcoholic beverages are called _________.
Congeners
Sigmund Freud
Tremors
Antidepressant
15. Naloxone or __________ is used to reverse the depressed respiration resulting from an opioid overdose.
Phenothiazines
Neurotransmitters
Heroin
Nalorphine
16. The two major ________ pathways damaged in Parkinson's disease are acetylcholine and the nigrostriatal pathways.
Memory
Dopamine
Sleeping pills
Cocaine
17. The opioid antagonist __________ selectively blocks opioid effects - preventing the user from experiencing the reinforcing effects of the abused drug (for example - heroin).
Evaporate
Cocaine
Naltrexone
Homeostasis
18. In laboratory studies - the balanced placebo design is used to separate the pharmacological effects of alcohol from the alcohol __________ effects.
Expectancy
Nutrients
Hemp rope
Barbiturate
19. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.
Marijuana
Methamphetamine
Dose response
GABA
20. Marijuana is known to lower intraocular (within the eye) pressure associated with ________.
Brain tissue
Glaucoma
Social
Naltrexone
21. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.
Rohypnol
Muscle tone
Naloxone
Tax
22. ___ is sometimes known as angel dust.
PCP
Legal Instrumental Use
Psychological
Pharmacy
23. Another word for ____________ is psychedelic.
One-third
Overdose
Hallucinogens
Hallucinogen
24. Cocaine is absorbed so well into ________ __________ that it remains in use for surgery in the nasal - laryngeal - and esophageal regions.
1960
Alcohol
Withdrawal
Mucous membranes
25. Acne and baldness in men - decreased breast size and facial hair in women are some of the side effects associated with ________________ use.
Isopropyl
Relief
Leukoplakia
Anabolic steroid
26. The most common antidepressants used today are ____s.
10
Metabolism
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Spinal cord
27. Opium has been used for approximately ____ years for both medical and recreational reasons.
Lipid soluble
Soft drinks
Resin
6 -000
28. _____ _______ studied cocaine for its potential as a treatment for a variety of ailments including depression and morphine dependence.
Sigmund Freud
Salt
Crack
Alcoholic
29. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.
Atypical
Prescription
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
Gateway
30. Clove cigarettes contain ___% more tobacco as well as more tar and nicotine than regular cigarettes.
60
Staggering
Constant
Blindness
31. In a recent study - 65.6% of full time employees reported _______ use within the past month.
Opioid
Preoccupation
Recreational
Alcohol
32. ____________ drugs are drug compounds (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter consciousness and/or perceptions.
Positive
Psychoactive
High
Body
33. After a patient receives their first dose of lithium it takes at least __ days to see results.
Opioids
Gateway
10
Hair
34. In the 1960s and 1970s an ergogenic drug commonly used by American ________ players was amphetamines.
Benzodiazepines
Alcohol
Recreational
Football
35. _________ is often referred to as the brain's major excitatory neurotransmitter.
Months
Glutamate
Blindness
Temperance
36. Cardiac arrhythmia is a condition that occurs during ________ ________ ________ syndrome (SSDS)
Sudden sniffing death
Mescaline
James
Pinpoint
37. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.
26
Equilibrium
Sleeping pills
Tardive dyskinesia
38. Several studies have found a lower incidence of _____________ in moderate drinkers than in abstainers
Temperance
Heart attacks
Glucosamine
Cocaine
39. Herbs and _________ were used by early Greeks in Olympic games to enhance their performance.
Mushrooms
Felt tip
Salt
Chantix
40. Most studies show that alcohol is involved in about ____ _____ of all suicides.
Women
One-third
Taxes
Opioids
41. It is possible to estimate an individual's blood alcohol content (BAC) by knowing their ______ - gender - and amount of alcohol consumed.
Illegal Instrumental Use
Involuntary
Weight
Steroids
42. The parasympathetic branch of the autonomic system stimulates digestion - slows the heart - and has other effects associated with a _______ physiological state.
Magic mushrooms
Marijuana
Relaxed
Naltrexone
43. The FDA restricted amphetamine use to _____ ______ weight reduction programs in 1970.
Tobacco
Cocaine
Legal Recreational Use
Short term
44. The blood-brain barrier is a semipermeable structure that protects the brain from potentially ______ chemicals circulating in the blood.
Breathing
HCL
Toxic
Tobacco
45. The withdrawal symptoms for a ______ user whose drug usage has consisted of a low daily dose resemble a mild case of intestinal flu.
Strychnine
Overdose
Heroin
Nicotine
46. Ingesting too much caffeine can result in nervousness - irritability - _______________ and insomnia - etc.
Muscle spasms
Pharmacodynamic
Phenothiazines
Antipsychotics
47. Physical dependence is related to _______________ tolerance.
Pharmacodynamic
Moderate
Hallucinations
PCP
48. drug detoxification often relies upon ___________
One half
Fluoxetine
Household
Substitution
49. Pharmacodynamic tolerance occurs when the brain attempts to maintain _____________ by altering the nervous system's sensitivity.
25
Smoked
Homeostasis
Time course
50. Smoking is involved in about ___ percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease.
30
Inhalant
Medicine
Commonly
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