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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.
Depressants
Schedule I
Fetal Alcohol
Cocaine
2. Anabolic steroids build muscle mass by stimulating the conversion of _________ into tissue.
Breathing
Nutrients
Body
Antidepressant
3. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)
Depressants
Social
30
Constipation
4. _________ drugs produce wakefulness and a sense of energy and well-being.
Year
Stimulant
Grain neutral
Hypnotics
5. The 66 unique chemicals found in cannabis are called ____________.
Mescaline
Cannabinoids
Isopropyl
4-6
6. All reinforcing drugs (drugs that reinforce their use) stimulate dopamine neurons in the __________ system.
Instantly
Mesolimbic
Potency
Alcohol
7. Drug ____________ occur when a drug enhances or inhibits the effect of another drug.
Hypoxia
Interactions
Low
10
8. _______ drugs are illegal to own or use. Some examples are cocaine - LSD and marijuana.
Illicit
440
Hallucinogens
Nicotine
9. The _____ ____ of heroin is 15-30 minutes.
Half life
Psilocybin
Bipolar disorder
Weight
10. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.
Constant
Constipation
Methamphetamine
Body
11. Flashbacks are the recurrence of certain aspects of the drug experience weeks or months after an individual has taken ___.
Illicit
LSD
Nutrients
Day
12. There are more than one ________ products currently abused as inhalants.
Nonspecific
Thousand
Leukoplakia
25
13. Both tricyclics and MAO inhibitors interfere with the reuptake of the neurotransmitters ______________ - dopamine - and serotonin.
Hair
Solvent
Heroin
Norepinephrine
14. Injecting an illegal drug intravenously is called __________.
Amphetamines
Unknown
Mainlining
V
15. ________ the proof number is the percentage of alcohol by volume.
Sigmund Freud
One half
Short term
Prescription
16. Psychotic behavior when there is no known ________ cause refers to functional disorders.
Phyiscal
Dentists
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
Blood-brain
17. The blood-brain barrier is a semipermeable structure that protects the brain from potentially ______ chemicals circulating in the blood.
Toxic
Antidepressant
Psychological
British East India
18. Drug dependence is made up of both ________ and psychological factors.
Physical
Alcohol
Fermentation
Peers
19. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.
Nicotine
Rock
Pleasure
Breathing
20. Heart rate and blood pressure are two of the many functions regulated by the _________ nervous system.
Autonomic
Antidepressant
Weight control
Months
21. A situation where repeated administration of the same dose of a drug results in gradually ___________ effects is called tolerance.
Less
Neonatal abstinence
Blood pressure
Diminishing
22. Two consequences of illicit drug use are lost productivity and increased ___________ costs.
Social
Duration
Cocaine
Healthcare
23. Nitrites are sometimes called '________' and come in small vials or tubes.
Spinal cord
Al
Intoxicating
Poppers
24. The time from the patient receiving their first dose of antipsychotic medication until the first result is seen is at least __ days.
Licit
10
Stimulant
Illicit
25. A drug is FDA approved for OTC (Over the Counter) sales only after an advisory panel agrees it can be used safely when following the __________ on the label.
Topical anesthesia
Psychoactive
Directions
Skin
26. The psychological effects of LSD - mescaline - and psilocybin can be blocked with ________.
Muscle
Cross tolerant
Hypoventilation
Chlorpromazine
27. Almost ___ % of 8th graders have abused an inhalant sometime in their life.
Barbiturate
Craving
20
Potent
28. illicit drug use - cocaine - marijuana - etc
Perceived risk
Illegal Recreational Use
CYP450
Cocaine
29. ______________ are unhealthy because they interfere with REM sleep.
Sleeping pills
Hallucinogens
Time course
V
30. Examples of Schedule I drugs include _______ - LSD - and marijuana.
Heroin
Psilocybin
Women
15
31. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.
Depressants
PET
Amphetamines
Naltrexone
32. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.
Poorer
Fermentation
Psychoactive
Dose response
33. ________ antipsychotics are effective at reducing both the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
Atypical
Hepatitis
26
Obesity
34. The two categories of psychoactive drugs are ______ (legal) and illicit (illegal).
Amphetamines
More
Licit
Depressants
35. Approximately __% of people who use marijuana become addicted to it.
10
Paradoxica
Without
Sedative
36. ______________ and antipsychotics are two groups of drugs used to treat the symptoms associated with psychosis.
Autonomic
Transmitter
Legal Instrumental Use
Phenothiazines
37. The hallucinogenic effects of psilocybin are similar to those of LSD and __________.
Leukoplakia
Tremors
Healthcare
Mescaline
38. The Soviets were the first to use ________ to build up their athletes.
Methylphenidate
Steroids
Memory
Decrease
39. Many plant-produced chemicals have effects on the intestines or muscles; others alter ______ biochemistry.
Brain
Antidepressant
Staggering
Strychnine
40. FDA approved THC in capsule form is called _______.
Obesity
Poppers
Marinol
Date rape
41. The somatic system carries sensory information into the CNS and carries ______ (movement) information back out.
Marinol
Motor
More
Overdose
42. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a condition affecting children born to alcoholic mothers - characterized by facial deformities - growth deficiency - and ____________________.
30
Replacing
Mental retardation
Freebase
43. ________ drugs are developed to eliminate the illegality of a drug by modifying a drug into a new compound.
Designer
Preschool
Abuse
Pinpoint
44. The freebase method of smoking cocaine can be very dangerous because the combination of fire and ether fumes is extremely __________.
Involuntary
Explosive
Memory
Alcohol
45. In laboratory studies - the balanced placebo design is used to separate the pharmacological effects of alcohol from the alcohol __________ effects.
Expectancy
30
4-6
Transdermal patch
46. Several studies have found a lower incidence of _____________ in moderate drinkers than in abstainers
Replacing
Alcoholic
Peers
Heart attacks
47. 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.
Cocaine
Hallucinogen
Alcohol
Myopia
48. Three derivatives of the cannabis plant are __________ - hashish - and ganja.
Sinsemilla
Anesthetic
Lipid solubility
Muscle tone
49. Respiratory depression is the most common type of drug _________ death--people simply stop breathing.
Tardive dyskinesia
Overdose
Opium
Cardiovascular
50. Acne and baldness in men - decreased breast size and facial hair in women are some of the side effects associated with ________________ use.
Plants
Anabolic steroid
Structural analogs
One-third