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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inhalant abuse is usually a problem among children and ___________.






2. Commonly called '_______ _____' - nitrous oxide is a gaseous anesthetic first used in the early 1800s in medicine and surgery.






3. The three components of the nervous system are the central nervous system - the _______ system - and the autonomic system.






4. ________ - benzodiazepines and opioid narcotics are also used for this purpose.






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






6. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.






7. Cocaine ___ (Hydrochloride) is water soluble and can easily be injected intravenously.






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






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






10. Heart rate and blood pressure are two of the many functions regulated by the _________ nervous system.






11. Cannabis withdrawal syndrome (is or is not) listed in the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).






12. Some studies have reported both behavioral improvement and noticeable regrowth of _____ ______ in long term alcoholics after several months of abstinence.






13. A single shot of heroin lasts ___ hours.






14. ____ - also known as Ecstasy - produces both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects.






15. Not everyone praised the use of tobacco; many _______ it.






16. Anabolic steroids build muscle mass by stimulating the conversion of _________ into tissue.






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






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






19. After a patient receives their first dose of lithium it takes at least __ days to see results.






20. At first - tobacco was almost universally accepted as a ________.






21. When using snuff or chewing tobacco - nicotine is absorbed through the ______ lining of the mouth.






22. King ______ of England wrote a antitobacco pamphlet and he taxed tobacco to attempt to limit its use.






23. Cocaine is absorbed so well into ________ __________ that it remains in use for surgery in the nasal - laryngeal - and esophageal regions.






24. With _______ parodoxical effects include bizarre uninhibited behavior - rage - hostility and paranoia.






25. Almost ___ % of 8th graders have abused an inhalant sometime in their life.






26. Tobacco is responsible for ___ thousand US deaths each year.






27. The process where the body rids itself of drugs and alcohol is called ______________.






28. Nicotine is often thought of as being a mild _________ - but it also seems to have some of the relaxant properties of a low dose of a depressant.






29. Because drug use can be found in all parts of society regardless of income - education - occupation - social class - and age - it is called an ________ ________ affliction.






30. ____________ drugs are drug compounds (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter consciousness and/or perceptions.






31. For some drugs - the dependence is mostly _______________ - whereas for others - a user may develop a heavy physical dependence on the drug with just a few uses.






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






33. The active ingredient found in OTC stimulants is ________.






34. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.






35. _______________ is a highly addictive stimulant that is cheaper and much longer lasting than cocaine.






36. A situation where repeated administration of the same dose of a drug results in gradually ___________ effects is called tolerance.






37. Opioid overdose can be diagnosed on the basis of the opioid triad: coma - depressed respiration - and ________ pupils.






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






39. ______________ do not cure mental illnesses but they do control the symptoms sufficiently to permit patients to live and work in society.






40. Poisonous alcohols include methyl - ethylene glycol and _________.






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






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






43. Marinol is a ____________ controlled substance.






44. Drugs with a high potential for abuse - no currently accepted medical use in the US - and declared unsafe are listed under Schedule _.






45. ______ is the brand name for naloxone.






46. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both medicinal herbs - often used to treat mild






47. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.






48. Legal instrumental - illegal instrumental - legal recreational and illegal recreational use are the 4 types of drug use according to ___________.






49. According to a recent survey - __% of Americans have used marijuana in their lifetime.






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