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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Depressants _________ the rate of various vital physiological activities - especially those of the central nervous system.






2. The most common active ingredients contained in OTC sleep aids are ______________.






3. ___________ and Chondroitin are both herbal dietary supplements that contribute to joint strength and are used to used to relieve the discomfort of arthritis.






4. A _______ drug is capable of passing the blood-brain barrier and influencing the brain's activity.






5. A key belief of Alcoholics Anonymous is that alcohol dependence is an _________ - progressive disease characterized by a loss of control over drinking.






6. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a condition affecting children born to alcoholic mothers - characterized by facial deformities - growth deficiency - and ____________________.






7. Nicotine withdrawal symptoms include craving for tobacco - ____________ - restlessness - and anxiety.






8. taking prescribed or over the counter (OTC) drugs for illness






9. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.






10. Occasionally drugs can have ___________ effects--an opposite effect to what is normally expected.






11. There are now more than 40 million former smokers in the United States - and about 90 percent of them report that they quit smoking _______ formal treatment programs.






12. Approximately __% of people who use marijuana become addicted to it.






13. Marinol is a ____________ controlled substance.






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






15. In a double blind procedure - neither the patient nor the doctor know whether the subject is receiving a _______ or an experimental drug.






16. The first stage of drug addiction is ______.






17. Another principal factor that affects drug use is __________.






18. 18.2% of unemployed persons report ________ drug use compared to only 7.9% of those with full time jobs and 10.7% of part time employees.






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






20. Urine drug tests are relatively ___________ screening tests that detect a variety of abused substances or their metabolites in urine.






21. The three types are drug disposition tolerance - behavioral tolerance - and _________________ tolerance.






22. The idea that alcohol dependence is a _______ goes back at least to the 1700s.






23. Amnesiac and anesthesia effects are common among hypnotics when used in _____ doses.






24. The freebase method of smoking cocaine can be very dangerous because the combination of fire and ether fumes is extremely __________.






25. Physical dependence involves the need to continue using the drug to avoid __________ symptoms which include sickness and discomfort.






26. Many plant-produced chemicals have effects on the intestines or muscles; others alter ______ biochemistry.






27. Metabolites refer to the substances that are produced or left over when the body metabolizes (_______ ______) the drugs that have been consumed.






28. Several studies have found a lower incidence of _____________ in moderate drinkers than in abstainers






29. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.






30. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.






31. Psilocybin is the active psychoactive ingredient in _______________.






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






33. ___________________ are not regulated as OTC drugs. They don't have to be shown to be effective - and the amount of supposed active ingredient varies extensively.






34. Methamphetamine is also known as '______'.






35. Tremors and rigidity are two symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Similar damage to the dopamine neurons can occur as a side effect of some ______________ drugs.






36. The psychological effects of LSD - mescaline - and psilocybin can be blocked with ________.






37. Clonidine is an opioide agonist drug (similar to methadone) used in heroin ______________.






38. Schedule IV drugs have a slightly higher chance of abuse than the Schedule V drugs. What most specifically distinguishes Schedule V drugs from the other schedules is that the drugs are regulated but don't require a ______________.






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






40. ____________ is the process by which sugar is converted into alcohol through the biochemical action of yeast.






41. Two brain imaging techniques are ___ and MRI.






42. Most studies show that alcohol is involved in about ____ _____ of all suicides.






43. The forming of a neurotransmitter by the action of _______ on precursors is called synthesis.






44. In the relief stage - a user experiences satisfaction by _________ from negative feelings such as boredom - anger - stress - fatigue and loneliness.






45. These drugs alter perceptions of reality. They can affect sense of taste - smell - hearing and vision. Sometimes they are called ______________.






46. If all of the following consumed the same amount of alcohol at the same speed - which one would have the highest BAC? (120 pound woman - 135 pound woman - 150 pound man - 170 pound man).






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






48. The most important drug-metabolizing enzymes found in the liver belong to a group known as the ______ family of enzymes.






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






50. _________________ are commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders.