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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Naltrexone is used to block opioid effects so that a user doesn't feel any of the reinforcing _____________ effects of using an opioid.






2. _____ _______ studied cocaine for its potential as a treatment for a variety of ailments including depression and morphine dependence.






3. MDMA - popularly known as ecstasy - is a drug popular at clubs and '_____' since the 1980s.






4. Nicotine nasal spray - nicotine inhalers and _________ are smoking cessation aids which require a doctor's prescription.






5. 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






6. A BAC of 0.05 results in lowered alertness and a BAC of ____ results in death (lethal dose).






7. The important Xanthine varieties are caffeine - theophylline - and _____________.






8. The two major ________ pathways damaged in Parkinson's disease are acetylcholine and the nigrostriatal pathways.






9. Withdrawal symptoms for marijuana include: irritability - restlessness - _________ appetite - weight loss and abnormal sleep.






10. Natives of the ______ mountains in Bolivia and Peru today still use coca as their ancestors did thousands of years ago.






11. One of the most common opioid side effects is ____________.






12. The remaining two principal factors affecting drug use are ______ and cultural.






13. Marijuana is known to lower intraocular (within the eye) pressure associated with ________.






14. Diphenhydramine - hydroxyzine and promethazine are examples of OTC and prescription ______________ used as CNS depressants.






15. Herbs and _________ were used by early Greeks in Olympic games to enhance their performance.






16. Oral ingestion can be compared to intranasal administration (snorting) in that it is absorbed much more _______ than smoking or IV injection.






17. Excessive use of either cocaine or amphetamine can result in paranoid psychosis in which the individual loses touch with reality and experiences auditory ______________.






18. The amount of alcohol that can be metabolized by the liver is about 0.25 to 0.30 _______ per hour.






19. Timothy Leary was a well known psychologist and proponent for the use of ___ in the 1960s.






20. Specialized nerve endings that recognize neurotransmitter molecules and cause a change in the electrical activity of the neuron when activated are called _________.






21. Cannabis was declared illegal in the US in the year ____.






22. Dopamine - acetylcholine - norepinephrine - serotonin - GABA - glutamate - and endorphins are all _________________ associated with the actions of the psychoactive drugs.






23. The part of the brain which controls ___________ is called basal ganglia.






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






25. 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.






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






27. Gender affects BAC because the average female has a higher proportion of _________ and therefore - for a given weight has less volume in which to distribute the alcohol.






28. A common lung disease caused by smoking is _________.






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






30. The _____ ____ of heroin is 15-30 minutes.






31. Alcoholic fatty liver - alcoholic _________ - and cirrhosis are all liver disorders associated with heavy use of alcohol.






32. Acne and baldness in men - decreased breast size and facial hair in women are some of the side effects associated with ________________ use.






33. College _________ had the lowest rate of current use of illicit drugs.






34. Most psychoactive drugs can be categorized as stimulants - depressants - opioids - hallucinogens - or _________________ agents.






35. Caffeine is the world's most popular drug and frequently used _________.






36. The second stage of drug addiction is increased use - in which the user starts to take increased amounts of the drug. This is followed by _____________ - the third stage of drug addiction.






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






38. In high doses or if combined with alcohol - barbiturates can stop a person's __________.






39. Hormones and _________________ are two types of chemical signals important for maintaining homeostasis.






40. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.






41. The most commonly abused types of drugs include _______ - tobacco - stimulants - hallucinogens and depressants.






42. When nonsmokers inhale cigarette smoke from their ___________ it is called passive smoking.






43. _________ is an effective antipsychotic drug with the unfortunate side effect of inhibiting white blood cell production.






44. Opium has been used for approximately ____ years for both medical and recreational reasons.






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






46. The most widely used __________ is alcohol.






47. The opioid antagonist __________ selectively blocks opioid effects - preventing the user from experiencing the reinforcing effects of the abused drug (for example - heroin).






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






49. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are more severe and more likely to cause death than withdrawal from _______.






50. Drugs prescribed to control symptoms associated with ______ problems are called psychotherapeutics.