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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.
Cancer
Women
Muscle
Atypical
2. Anabolic steroids build muscle mass by stimulating the conversion of _________ into tissue.
Nutrients
Heroin
Hallucinogen
Breathing
3. Cannabis sativa originated in Asia but now grows worldwide. _____ ____ is made from the fibers of this plant.
Malnutrition
Narcotics
Muscle tone
Hemp rope
4. Heroin illegally imported from Mexico is called _____ ____.
Prostitutes
Black Tar
Chlorpromazine
Salt
5. ___________________ 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.
Pleasure
Equilibrium
Neonatal abstinence
Inherited
6. The leading cause of death in the US is _____________.
Memory
Designer
Prescription
Heart Disease
7. In the 1960s and 1970s an ergogenic drug commonly used by American ________ players was amphetamines.
Equilibrium
Depressants
Serotonin
Football
8. Also known as narcotics - _______ are a group of analgesic drugs that cause a dreamlike state; high doses can induce sleep.
Opioids
Depression
Lipid soluble
Football
9. This type of alcohol can be added to gasoline to reduce pollution - used in cleaners and _________ - as well as in medical research.
Xanthines
Equilibrium
Prescription
Solvents
10. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.
Dentists
Malnutrition
Floaters
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
11. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are more severe and more likely to cause death than withdrawal from _______.
Schedule II
Illicit
PET
Heroin
12. Beer is created by adding ______ malt to cereal grains.
Codeine
Chantix
Barley
Physical
13. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.
Caffenism
Depressants
Antidepressant
Gateway
14. The most commonly abused types of drugs include _______ - tobacco - stimulants - hallucinogens and depressants.
Alcohol
Intoxicating
Dose dependent
Spirits
15. A recent study indicated that persons aged 26 to __ were most likely to have used marijuana sometime during their life.
Time course
Potent
34
Dopamine
16. There are approximately __ analogs of PCP.
Environment
Expectancy
30
Psychological
17. Drugs which enhance the sense of touch are called ___________.
Body fat
Entactogens
Interactions
Relief
18. ______________ are significantly better than placebo treatments in reducing psychotic behaviors.
Lipid soluble
Phenothiazines
Medicine
Tardive dyskinesia
19. Medical uses of _______________ include muscle relaxants - sleeping pills - treatment for convulsive disorders (epilepsy) - alcohol detoxification - and preoperative anesthesia (amnesiac).
Benzodiazepines
Stimulant
Salt
Mushrooms
20. When nonsmokers inhale cigarette smoke from their ___________ it is called passive smoking.
Adolescents
Environment
Hemp rope
Barbiturate
21. Clonidine can be administered by a _____________ ______ - which gradually releases the drug over a seven day period.
Anorexiants
Transdermal patch
Available
Instantly
22. In order to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in pharmacologically significant amounts - the drug must be lipid soluble and have a molecular weight ____ than 400 Daltons.
Less
Methamphetamine
Iproniazid
PCP
23. Age ___ and older showed sharp drop in use.
Diarrhea
Benzodiazepines
Stimulant
26
24. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)
Anxiety
Lipid solubility
Sedatives
Social
25. Drugs which cause a loss of ______ are called Amnesiacs.
Anxiety
Skin
Memory
Alcohol
26. 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 ______________.
Designer
Depressants
Legal Recreational Use
Prescription
27. Columbus was presented tobacco by natives of ____ __________ in 1492 and he brought it with him back to Spain.
Structural analogs
Coca
20
San Salvador
28. Respiratory depression is the most common type of drug _________ death--people simply stop breathing.
Overdose
Half life
Clove
Analgesic
29. _________ are the oldest stimulants known. They are found in tea - coffee - soft drinks and chocolate.
Xanthines
San Salvador
Appetite
Breathing
30. Although they were originally called _____________ - antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis without producing drowsiness.
Synthetic
Diagnostic
Tranquilizers
Amphetamines
31. Inhalant abuse can begin as early as __________.
Preschool
Alcohol
26
Football
32. MDMA - popularly known as ecstasy - is a drug popular at clubs and '_____' since the 1980s.
Amphetamines
Raves
Pharmaceutical
Craving
33. To remove the caffeine - unroasted coffee beans are soaked in an organic ________.
Increase
Psychoactive
Solvent
Isopropyl
34. The active ingredients for half of the prescriptions filled consist of only ____ drugs.
Benzodiazepines
Relaxed
Crack
200
35. Cross tolerance exists between LSD - mescaline and __________.
Psilocybin
200
Depressants
Theobromine
36. When cocaine use is suddenly stopped - a 'crash' follows almost instantaneously that is characterized by an intense ________ for more cocaine.
Dropouts
Smaller
Craving
Lipid solubility
37. Methyl alcohol is added to grain alcohol for industrial use to prevent _________.
Drinking
Brain tissue
10
10
38. _____ drug use refers to using a drug with a specific functional purpose--not for recreation
DMT
Illicit
Instrumental
Nicotine
39. ______________ and antipsychotics are two groups of drugs used to treat the symptoms associated with psychosis.
Sedative hypnotic
Anesthetics
Phenothiazines
90
40. Through fermentation - the alcohol concentration is limited to ___%.
Phenothiazines
15
Potent
Pharmacy
41. _______________ is a highly addictive stimulant that is cheaper and much longer lasting than cocaine.
Instrumental
Anorexiants
Weight gain
Methamphetamine
42. Cocaine is a ___________ controlled substance.
Cancer
Substitution
Employee Assitance Programs
Schedule II
43. Floaters (chippers) usually don't maintain their own supply of drugs but prefer to use...
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44. The shorter the drug half life - the more __________ it is.
Heroin
Addictive
Equilibrium
20
45. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.
Blood thinners
THC
16
More
46. Drugs designed to treat _________ _________. are being used as effective mood stabilizers.
Epileptic seizures
Topical anesthesia
Medical
95
47. The buildup of a drug in the body after multiple doses taken at short intervals is called __________ effect.
Dronabinol
Cumulative
Neonatal abstinence
Pleasure
48. Most of the integration of information - learning and ______ occur in the central nervous system.
Skin
Evaporate
Lipid soluble
Memory
49. The _________ policy of the FDA concerns taking some prescription medications and removing the prescription requirement and making the drug available via OTC.
Behavioral tolerance
Year
Switching
Reducing
50. Amnesiac and anesthesia effects are common among hypnotics when used in _____ doses.
Hemp rope
Sedatives
High
Muscle