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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.
Floaters
Alcohol
Body
Narcan
2. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)
Social
Adolescents
Tobacco
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
3. The category of volatile substances includes adhesives (glues) - aerosols (hair spray - spray paint) - fuels (gasoline - propane) - and office supplies (____ ____ markers).
Alcohol
Haldol
Felt tip
Hallucinogen
4. Physical dependence involves the need to continue using the drug to avoid __________ symptoms which include sickness and discomfort.
Withdrawal
Glaucoma
Overdose
Surroundings
5. The important Xanthine varieties are caffeine - theophylline - and _____________.
Smaller
Theobromine
Staggering
Dietary supplements
6. Two consequences of illicit drug use are lost productivity and increased ___________ costs.
Healthcare
5
Incurable
Amphetamines
7. The exact mechanism by which alcohol exerts its effects in the ______ _______ _______ is unknown - but it is believed that its interactions with the GABA receptor are important.
Central nervous system
Employee Assitance Programs
Autonomic
60
8. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.
Medical
Amphetamines
Depressants
Mental
9. Methods of drug testing include urine - ____ - and saliva.
Amphetamines
Mainlining
Antidepressant
Hair
10. 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).
Heroin
Evaporate
Memory
120 pound woman
11. The Soviets were the first to use ________ to build up their athletes.
Pharmacological
Steroids
95
Kerosene
12. Inhalant abuse is usually a problem among children and ___________.
Intoxicating
Strychnine
Adolescents
Autonomic
13. Federal laws which prohibited the sale of alcohol from 1920 to ____ are called prohibition.
1933
Less
Alcohol
Constipation
14. ______________ and antipsychotics are two groups of drugs used to treat the symptoms associated with psychosis.
Phenothiazines
6 -000
Licit
One half
15. Approximately 20 years ago - heroin was replaced by _______ as the most abused illicit drug in the US (other than marijuana).
Ounces
Tissue
Cocaine
CYP450
16. The 66 unique chemicals found in cannabis are called ____________.
Cannabinoids
Escaping
Psilocybin
Phenothiazines
17. Psychotic behavior when there is no known ________ cause refers to functional disorders.
Tardive dyskinesia
Resin
Phyiscal
Amphetamines
18. Because inhalants are so readily _________ - they present a special problem for prevention.
Available
Pharmacodynamic
Special K
Switching
19. The active ingredient found in OTC stimulants is ________.
Caffeine
Withdrawal
Mental retardation
MDMA
20. Contextual factors refer to how physical ______________ affect drug use; i.e. being at home vs. being in a rock concert or in a dance club.
Day
Surroundings
Designer
Freebase
21. 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.
Psychoactive
Illicit
Tax
Neurotransmitters
22. _________________ are commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders.
Drug
Benzodiazepines
Diagnostic
Sigmund Freud
23. Another word for _________ is painkiller.
Nail polish
Analgesic
Antagonists
440
24. _________ are the oldest stimulants known. They are found in tea - coffee - soft drinks and chocolate.
Constant
Xanthines
Codeine
Cumulative
25. Marijuana (Cannabis) and hashish are both __________ controlled substances.
Cancer
Diarrhea
Hair
Schedule I
26. Marinol is a ____________ controlled substance.
Depressants
Schedule III
Instrumental
Alcohol
27. Onset of drug effects via inhalation is quite rapid because the capillary walls are very accessible in the _____ - and the drug thus enters the blood quickly.
Lungs
Kerosene
Toluene
Methamphetamine
28. ______________ do not cure mental illnesses but they do control the symptoms sufficiently to permit patients to live and work in society.
Expectancy
Licit
Physical
Antipsychotics
29. No prescription is required when purchasing ________________ drugs.
Preoccupation
Antidepressant
Neurotransmitters
Over the counter
30. Inhalant abuse can begin as early as __________.
Receptors
Preschool
Psychotherapeutic
Toxic
31. ________ brought tobacco to Europe after his voyage to the Americas.
Instantly
Columbus
Antidepressant
Psychological
32. Fast acting drugs are the most likely to produce _____________ dependence.
Pharmacodynamic
Preschool
Psychological
Bupropion
33. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a condition affecting children born to alcoholic mothers - characterized by facial deformities - growth deficiency - and ____________________.
Sedative
Mental retardation
Crystal meth
Erich Goode
34. 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.
Methamphetamine
1980
Alcohol
Smoking
35. A _______ drug is capable of passing the blood-brain barrier and influencing the brain's activity.
Positive
Moderate
Psychoactive
Heart attacks
36. It is possible to estimate an individual's blood alcohol content (BAC) by knowing their ______ - gender - and amount of alcohol consumed.
6 -000
PCP
Autonomic
Weight
37. MDMA - popularly known as ecstasy - is a drug popular at clubs and '_____' since the 1980s.
Dopamine
Brain tissue
Active
Raves
38. 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.
Alcohol
Less
Nicotine
Glucosamine
39. Prior to 1965 - the most common medical use of amphetamines was for the treatment of _______.
Heroin
Obesity
Floaters
Liver
40. According to a 1997 report - alcohol is involved in more than ___ thousand deaths in the US each year.
Metabolism
Stimulant
100
Psychoactive
41. The most common age group to report the most illicit drug use is 18 to __.
25
Ethanol
Amphetamines
Smoking
42. 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.
Spirits
6 -000
Biological
Nonspecific
43. ________ - benzodiazepines and opioid narcotics are also used for this purpose.
Large
Alcohol
Depression
Employee Assitance Programs
44. Historically - as _______ use declined - amphetamine use increased.
Body
Topical anesthesia
Cocaine
Barley
45. The opioid antagonist __________ selectively blocks opioid effects - preventing the user from experiencing the reinforcing effects of the abused drug (for example - heroin).
Norepinephrine
Hallucinogens
Smaller
Naltrexone
46. Nicotine is exceptionally _____ and has been used as an insecticide.
Medical
Hypnotics
Toxic
Erich Goode
47. Its believed that both cocaine and amphetamines interact with a number of _________________ - including dopamine - norepinephrine and serotonin.
Heroin
Stimulant
Neurotransmitters
Tardive dyskinesia
48. Cannabis (marijuana) - Anabolic Steroids - Inhalants/Organic Solvents and narcotics are also found to be among the most ________ abused drugs.
Commonly
Inflammatory
Psychoactive
25
49. According to a recent study - men and women from ______ backgrounds are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit the habit.
Heroin
Benzodiazepines
I
Poorer
50. _____________ are drugs which cause hallucinations. They alter the way a user perceives reality and can affect emotions.
Hallucinogens
13-14
Alcoholics Anonymous
100