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DSST Substance Abuse

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

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2. The dosage difference between an acceptable level of effectiveness and the lowest _____ dose is called the safety margin.






3. According to a 1997 report - alcohol is involved in more than ___ thousand deaths in the US each year.






4. The important Xanthine varieties are caffeine - theophylline - and _____________.






5. Ice is also known as '______________'.






6. Some alcohol withdrawal symptoms can last for up to several ______.






7. ___ was originally used as a surgical anesthetic and has hallucinogenic effects different from LSD and mescaline (peyote cactus).






8. Approximately 20 years ago - heroin was replaced by _______ as the most abused illicit drug in the US (other than marijuana).






9. Another principal factor that affects drug use is __________.






10. By the 1850s - the temperance movement supported not only a ban on distilled spirits but also a ban on all __________ beverages.






11. Nicotine nasal spray - nicotine inhalers and _________ are smoking cessation aids which require a doctor's prescription.






12. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.






13. _______ withdrawal often lacks the severe physical symptoms that occur with heroin or alcohol withdrawal.






14. Drug _____ is to use a drug in a situation - manner or amount that it causes social - psychological - physical or occupational problems.






15. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are more severe and more likely to cause death than withdrawal from _______.






16. Aspirin is one of the most popular OTC drugs in the US. It is used for its analgesic - anti-____________and antipyretic effects.






17. __________________ is the most serious side effect of long term antipsychotic drug treatment.






18. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.






19. The opium plant contains both morphine and _______.






20. The two ways psychoactive drugs achieve their effect is either by altering availability of the ___________ or by acting directly on the receptor.






21. Almost all of the ______________ and other conventional antipsychotics produce pseudoparkinsonism.






22. Cannabis was declared illegal in the US in the year ____.






23. There are now more than 40 million former smokers in the United States - and about 90 percent of them report that they quit smoking _______ formal treatment programs.






24. Any substance that modifies mind or body function by distorting enhancing - or inhibiting them






25. The combination of amphetamine or cocaine with an opioid narcotic--often heroin--is called a _________.






26. When alcohol is heated and the vapors are condensed into liquid form again - the process is called ____________.






27. ________ - tobacco and marijuana are commonly called gateway drugs.






28. For a given class of ___ drug - all the competing brands contain the same few active ingredients.






29. One of the most common opioid side effects is ____________.






30. Medical science has used opium as a pain reliever and also to treat _________ and dehydration caused by dysentery.






31. Withdrawal symptoms for marijuana include: irritability - restlessness - _________ appetite - weight loss and abnormal sleep.






32. Prior to 1965 - the most common medical use of amphetamines was for the treatment of _______.






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






34. The fourth stage of drug addiction is __________.






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






36. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.






37. Nicotine _______ are also known as transdermal nicotine systems.






38. ________ is a drug used for treating alcoholics. It makes them extremely sick if they drink even a small amount of alcohol.






39. In the relief stage - a user experiences satisfaction by _________ from negative feelings such as boredom - anger - stress - fatigue and loneliness.






40. In a recent survey - __ percent of high-dose marijuana users reported some withdrawal symptoms upon quitting - most commonly nervousness and sleep disturbance.






41. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.






42. Psychotic behavior resulting from a known ________ cause is called an organic disorder.






43. Even the newest ______________ drugs are only a little better than placebo.






44. Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse - no current ________ use in the US and have been declared unsafe.






45. Amnesiac and anesthesia effects are common among hypnotics when used in _____ doses.






46. Approximately _% of alcoholics - who experience alcohol withdrawal symptoms - must be treated in a hospital or in an alcohol rehabilitation facility that specializes in detoxification.






47. The active ingredients for half of the prescriptions filled consist of only ____ drugs.






48. Whiskey - Scotch - and Brandy are examples of distilled beverages. They are also called '________'.






49. The theory that the popularity of marijuana increases when the risk associated with its use decreases is called _________ _____.






50. Because their effect varies depending on the dose - CNS depressants are said to be _____ ________.