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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ___ involves using electric shock to induce convulsions in mental patients.






2. Opioids are also known as _________.






3. The primary purpose for the creation of the 1938 Federal Food - Drug - and Cosmetic Act was ___________.






4. Alcohol withdrawal seizures may occur 6 to __ hours after the last drink.






5. Methyl alcohol is added to grain alcohol for industrial use to prevent _________.






6. Marijuana is the most commonly used ________ drug.






7. _____ drug use refers to using a drug with a specific functional purpose--not for recreation






8. Its believed that antipsychotic drugs work by blocking D2 ________ receptors.






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






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






11. The most widely used __________ is alcohol.






12. A recent study indicated that persons aged 26 to __ were most likely to have used marijuana sometime during their life.






13. When cocaine use is suddenly stopped - a 'crash' follows almost instantaneously that is characterized by an intense ________ for more cocaine.






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






15. Despite popular belief to the contrary - heroin is not __________ addictive.






16. MAO inhibitors - tricyclics and selective reuptake inhibitors are three types of ______________ drugs.






17. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.






18. Adopted sons whose __________ fathers were alcohol dependent have a much greater than average chance of becoming alcohol dependent than adopted sons of non-alcoholic fathers.






19. The Soviets were the first to use ________ to build up their athletes.






20. ___________ disease is a degenerative neurological disease involving damage to dopamine neurons.


21. Volatile substances will __________ at low temperatures.






22. _____________ Syndrome is a collection of physical and behavioral abnormalities that seems to be caused by the presence of alcohol during development of the fetus.






23. The autonomic nervous system - also referred to as the ANS - regulates the _____________ functions of the body and is divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic branches.






24. Cronic malnutrition causes _______ damage.






25. In the US - _______ was first used in psychiatry and as a local anesthetic.






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






27. An increase in the heart rate and reddening of the ____ are the two most consistent physiological effects of smoking marijuana.






28. The leading cause of death in the US is _____________.






29. Alcohol dependence as a disease is also known as disease model of alcohol dependence and this concept did not become really popular until ______________________ began to have a major influence in the 1940s and 1950s






30. ___________________ syndrome (NAS) is a group of problems that occur in a newborn who was exposed to addictive - illegal or prescription drugs while in the mother's womb.






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






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






33. Naltrexone is used to block opioid effects so that a user doesn't feel any of the reinforcing _____________ effects of using an opioid.






34. Ethylene glycol alcohol is poisonous and is a primary ingredient of __________.






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






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






37. Crack is obtained by mixing cocaine with simple _________ chemicals - including baking soda and water - and then drying it--resulting in a lump of smokable cocaine.






38. Drugs which enhance the sense of touch are called ___________.






39. Most illicit _______________ consumed in the United States is produced in small laboratories which might exist for only a few days in a remote area before moving on.






40. Benzodiazepines are classified by their ________ of action.






41. Two forms of cocaine which can be smoked are _____ and coca paste.






42. ______________ are unhealthy because they interfere with REM sleep.






43. Federal laws which prohibited the sale of alcohol from 1920 to ____ are called prohibition.






44. Because inhalants are so readily _________ - they present a special problem for prevention.






45. ______ factors refer to how the drug actually affects the body.






46. Drugs with a high potential for abuse - with a currently accepted _______ use in the US - whose abuse may lead to severe physical or psychological dependence are listed under Schedule II.






47. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.






48. The DSM-IV-TR is a manual which provides criteria for classifying mental disorders into hundreds of specific __________ categories.






49. drug detoxification often relies upon ___________






50. 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 ______________.