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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Methylphenidate and Ritalin are both ______________.
Gateway
Amphetamines
Directions
1980
2. Varenicline (_______) is a prescription drug used for smoking cessation.
Narcan
Chantix
James
Smoked
3. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.
Skin
Dose response
Mushrooms
Tremors
4. According to a recent study - men and women from ______ backgrounds are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit the habit.
PCP
Kerosene
Entactogens
Poorer
5. The most common age group to report the most illicit drug use is 18 to __.
Antihistamines
Medicinal herbs
25
Instrumental
6. The legal opioid methadone - is used to treat heroin dependence by reducing severity of __________ symptoms.
Withdrawal
Football
Nicotine
Decrease
7. ____ - also known as Ecstasy - produces both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects.
Switching
Alcohol
MDMA
Mainlining
8. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.
Depressant
Psychoactive
THC
Increase
9. Whiskey - Scotch - and Brandy are examples of distilled beverages. They are also called '________'.
1933
Spirits
Alcoholic
Low
10. CYP450 enzymes ______ toxic chemicals once they are eaten.
Strychnine
Crack
Eliminate
Bipolar disorder
11. ___ involves using electric shock to induce convulsions in mental patients.
Phenothiazines
Crack
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
Medical
12. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.
Prescription
Atypical
Brain
34
13. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.
4-6
1980
One hour
Floaters
14. Inhalant abuse can begin as early as __________.
Hallucinogen
CYP450
Hallucinations
Preschool
15. Marijuana (Cannabis) and hashish are both __________ controlled substances.
Antihistamines
One hour
Schedule I
1933
16. Cocaine is a ___________ controlled substance.
Schedule II
Enzymes
Brain
Dropouts
17. The dosage difference between an acceptable level of effectiveness and the lowest _____ dose is called the safety margin.
Muscle spasms
Topical anesthesia
Toxic
Muscle
18. An interesting effect of LSD use is that of ___________ - a 'mixing of senses.'
Craving
Cardiovascular
Environment
Synesthesia
19. Many drug users are 'controlled' users and their drug use is _______ to those around them.
Unknown
Brain
Depressants
Time course
20. Some examples of stimulants include cocaine - ______________ - and caffeine.
Amphetamines
Acetylcholine
Blindness
Large
21. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.
Peers
Lipid soluble
Gateway
Decreased
22. ______________ and antipsychotics are two groups of drugs used to treat the symptoms associated with psychosis.
Antihistamines
Phenothiazines
Detoxification
Mucous membranes
23. Alcohol is the drug most often associated with _______ crimes; in many cases - it is present in both the assailant and the victim.
Addiction
Violent
Speedball
Depression
24. The most commonly abused types of drugs include _______ - tobacco - stimulants - hallucinogens and depressants.
Alcohol
One half
Psychoactive
Disease
25. Medical uses of _______________ include muscle relaxants - sleeping pills - treatment for convulsive disorders (epilepsy) - alcohol detoxification - and preoperative anesthesia (amnesiac).
Tissue
Benzodiazepines
Caffenism
Cessation
26. In the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use - only 1.6 percent of U.S. adults reported ever having used Heroin in their lifetimes - with 0.1 percent reporting use in the past ____.
Black Tar
Stimulant
Decrease
Year
27. Acne and baldness in men - decreased breast size and facial hair in women are some of the side effects associated with ________________ use.
Erich Goode
Anabolic steroid
Medicinal herbs
Explosive
28. There are more than one ________ products currently abused as inhalants.
Central nervous system
Thousand
Biological
Replacing
29. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.
Depressants
Blood pressure
Antitussives
Eyes
30. Marijuana is known to lower intraocular (within the eye) pressure associated with ________.
Decrease
Marijuana
Steroids
Glaucoma
31. Current medical applications for cocaine are as a local __________ for ear - nose - and throat procedures.
Phenothiazines
Medical
Anesthetic
Anorexiants
32. LSD is one of the most potent ____________ drugs.
Psychoactive
Hypnotics
Less
Benzodiazepines
33. The white powder that you generally associate with cocaine is the _____ form of cocaine known as cocaine hydrochloride.
Antihistamines
Memory
Salt
Crack
34. Usually it takes approximately ___ years of heavy drinking of the equivalent of a pint or more of whiskey a day to develop cirrhosis of the liver.
Sinsemilla
10
High
Mesolimbic
35. The names of barbiturates all end in __.
Smoking
Al
Sedatives
Half life
36. These drugs alter perceptions of reality. They can affect sense of taste - smell - hearing and vision. Sometimes they are called ______________.
Hepatitis
Depressants
Psychedelics
Toxic
37. The fourth stage of drug addiction is __________.
Heart beat
Dependency
Psychotherapeutic
More
38. Its believed that both cocaine and amphetamines interact with a number of _________________ - including dopamine - norepinephrine and serotonin.
Neurotransmitters
Biological
Surroundings
Equilibrium
39. ________ antipsychotics are effective at reducing both the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
10
Depressants
Atypical
Asleep
40. MAO inhibitors - tricyclics and selective reuptake inhibitors are three types of ______________ drugs.
Stimulant
Antidepressant
Cessation
Benzodiazepines
41. ___________ is a precancerous lesion caused by chewing tobacco.
Benzodiazepines
Fentanyl
Phyiscal
Leukoplakia
42. Drugs prescribed to control symptoms associated with ______ problems are called psychotherapeutics.
1933
Mental
Patent medicines
Inflammatory
43. The preoccupation phase is characterized by _________ concern about the drug.
16
Benzodiazepines
Constant
Prescription
44. Drug use can be detected in urine for up to 5 days - in saliva for up to 1 day and in hair samples for up to ___ days.
90
Receptors
Parkinson's
Enzymes
45. Withdrawal symptoms may begin within hours or days after the smoker quits and may continue for several _______.
Months
Evaporate
Motor
Heroin
46. BAC level in an individual is influenced by drinkers body type - food in the stomach - concentration of alcohol - and ____ of consumption.
Rate
Crack
Codeine
Thousand
47. The part of the brain which controls ___________ is called basal ganglia.
Dangerous
One hour
British East India
Muscle tone
48. The somatic system carries sensory information into the CNS and carries ______ (movement) information back out.
Phenothiazines
Muscle tone
Enzymes
Motor
49. Hashish is the most ______ cannabis preparation - it's THC level can be as high as 28%.
Heroin
Potent
Marijuana
Involuntary
50. _________ is an effective antipsychotic drug with the unfortunate side effect of inhibiting white blood cell production.
Barbiturate
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Hemp rope
Clozapine