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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When cocaine use is suddenly stopped - a 'crash' follows almost instantaneously that is characterized by an intense ________ for more cocaine.






2. Prozac is the brand name for the antidepressant drug __________. It inhibits the reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin.






3. Most studies show that alcohol is involved in about ____ _____ of all suicides.






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






5. Chemicals in the brain that produce effects similar to morphine and other opium derived drugs are called __________.






6. Nicotine is exceptionally _____ and has been used as an insecticide.






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

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8. REM sleep is the sleep phase associated with _______.






9. _______ professionals and their staff are the most likely to abuse nitrous oxide.






10. LSD is one of the most potent ____________ drugs.






11. Most psychoactive drugs are taken by one of three basic routes: by mouth - _________ - or inhalation.






12. Employee Assitance Programs or EAPs can also be known as _____ of Assistance programs.






13. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse - the typical narcotic habit costs $100 per ___.






14. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.






15. Drug induced respiratory depression is also called _______________ and is a common type of drug overdose death.






16. 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






17. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.






18. Two OTC smoking _________ aids are nicotine gum and patches.






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






20. Cocaine ___ (Hydrochloride) is water soluble and can easily be injected intravenously.






21. GHB is most well-known for its use in substances that disable users and make them vulnerable to sexual assault. _________ is another drug of this type.






22. Poisonous alcohols include methyl - ethylene glycol and _________.






23. The effective dose (ED50) for LSD is many __________ of times smaller than that of other psychoactive drugs.






24. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.






25. ______________ and antipsychotics are two groups of drugs used to treat the symptoms associated with psychosis.






26. The two main side effects of therapeutic doses of amphetamines are drug abuse and damage to the ______________ system.






27. Cocaine is absorbed so well into ________ __________ that it remains in use for surgery in the nasal - laryngeal - and esophageal regions.






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






29. Precursors are the raw materials from which _________________ are made and are found circulating in the blood supply and generally in the brain.






30. Drug assistance programs for drug-dependent employees are called _________.






31. Drug ____________ occur when a drug enhances or inhibits the effect of another drug.






32. Urine drug tests are relatively ___________ screening tests that detect a variety of abused substances or their metabolites in urine.






33. Methyl alcohol is made from ____.






34. The white powder that you generally associate with cocaine is the _____ form of cocaine known as cocaine hydrochloride.






35. Drug misuse is the inappropriate use of OTC or ____________ medications.






36. National Prohibition of alcohol was successful in _________ alcohol consumption and alcoholrelated problems - but also led to a loss of alcohol taxes and increased law breaking.






37. According to a recent study - men and women from ______ backgrounds are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit the habit.






38. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.






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






40. Originally - the __________ movement supported the drinking of beer and wine but was strongly opposed to distilled spirits.






41. Inhalant abuse can begin as early as __________.






42. The most important drug-metabolizing enzymes found in the liver belong to a group known as the ______ family of enzymes.






43. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.






44. 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.






45. In high doses or if combined with alcohol - barbiturates can stop a person's __________.






46. Opioids such as morphine and _______ are the drugs most often used for acute pain - such as short-term pain after surgery.






47. Drugs that block the action of morphine - heroin - or other opioids are called opioid ___________.






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






49. No prescription is required when purchasing ________________ drugs.






50. LSD is a synthetic substance and is the most ______ and notorious of the hallucinogens.