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DSST Substance Abuse

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1. Some examples of stimulants include cocaine - ______________ - and caffeine.






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






3. Marijuana is known to lower intraocular (within the eye) pressure associated with ________.






4. The neurotransmitter that is believed to be important for regulating waking and appetite is ______________.






5. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.






6. 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 ______________.






7. The four ways to administer heroin are sniffing - _______ injection (intramuscular) - smoking - and intravenous injection (mainlining).






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






9. Another word for _________ is painkiller.






10. In 1970 - the FDA limited the legal use of ____________ to three medical conditions: narcolepsy - ADHD - and short term weight reduction programs.






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






12. Advertising restrictions - smoke-free indoor air - _____ on tobacco products and limiting youth access to tobacco are all examples of tobacco control laws.






13. Generally _________ refers to the psychological attachment to a drug.






14. The buildup of a drug in the body after multiple doses taken at short intervals is called __________ effect.






15. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.






16. Transdermal literally means 'through the _____'.






17. Physiological effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) include ________ in body temperature - heart rate and blood pressure - sweating and dilation of eye pupils.






18. Amphetamines can be taken orally - intravenously or by _______.






19. Respiratory depression is the most common type of drug _________ death--people simply stop breathing.






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






21. Three stimulants used by athletes in the early 1800s and 1900s were __________ - cocaine - and caffeine.






22. Drugs are more likely to produce psychological dependence if they have a _____ onset.






23. Nicotine is often thought of as being a mild _________ - but it also seems to have some of the relaxant properties of a low dose of a depressant.






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






25. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.






26. The parasympathetic branch of the autonomic system stimulates digestion - slows the heart - and has other effects associated with a _______ physiological state.






27. Although they were originally called _____________ - antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis without producing drowsiness.






28. Many _________ drugs act by enhancing GABA inhibition.






29. For a drug to be ____________ - its molecules must be capable of passing through the blood-brain barrier.






30. _______ is drinkable - is the psychoactive ingredient in alcoholic beverages - and is also known as grain alcohol.






31. _______ % of all US deaths are tobacco-related.






32. There are currently no FDA approved OTC drugs for ______________.






33. The freebase method of smoking cocaine can be very dangerous because the combination of fire and ether fumes is extremely __________.






34. LSD and other hallucinogens typically do not produce physical __________.






35. _________ is often referred to as the brain's major excitatory neurotransmitter.






36. There are several FDA approved prescription drugs used to treat ________ - but only Lunesta has been approved for long term use.






37. Cross tolerance exists between LSD - mescaline and __________.






38. Timothy Leary was a well known psychologist and proponent for the use of ___ in the 1960s.






39. The substitution method of drug detoxification involves _________ the abused substance with a new - less-addicting drug.






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






41. The introduction of antipsychotic drugs have caused a dramatic ________ in the population of mental hospitals.






42. Drugs include any substances which can impair a person's ability to _______ function in society.






43. A BAC of 0.05 results in lowered alertness and a BAC of ____ results in death (lethal dose).






44. The second stage of drug addiction is increased use - in which the user starts to take increased amounts of the drug. This is followed by _____________ - the third stage of drug addiction.






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






46. _________ ________ occurs after using a nasal spray regularly for longer than the recommended period.






47. Smoking during pregnancy is associated with miscarriage - reduced birth weight - differences in body size and negative effects on physical / ______ development of the child.






48. Acne and baldness in men - decreased breast size and facial hair in women are some of the side effects associated with ________________ use.






49. ________ symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations - delusions - disorganized speech and behavior.






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







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