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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. Examples of Schedule I drugs include _______ - LSD - and marijuana.
Magic mushrooms
Transdermal patch
Heroin
Erich Goode
2. To remove the caffeine - unroasted coffee beans are soaked in an organic ________.
LSD
Solvent
Nicotine
Sigmund Freud
3. Marinol is a ____________ controlled substance.
Anxiety
Illicit
OTC
Schedule III
4. The theory that the popularity of marijuana increases when the risk associated with its use decreases is called _________ _____.
Commonly
Breathing
Perceived risk
Addictive
5. A key belief of Alcoholics Anonymous is that alcohol dependence is an _________ - progressive disease characterized by a loss of control over drinking.
Moderate
Constant
Diagnostic
Incurable
6. The blood-brain barrier is a semipermeable structure that protects the brain from potentially ______ chemicals circulating in the blood.
Tranquilizers
Toxic
V
Depressant
7. ________ drugs are developed to eliminate the illegality of a drug by modifying a drug into a new compound.
Generic
British East India
Crack
Designer
8. The basic __________ skeleton of an illicit drug is modified to form a new compound. PCP and Ecstasy are probably the most well known examples of synthetic drugs.
Alcohol
Molecular
Caffenism
OTC
9. ___ involves using electric shock to induce convulsions in mental patients.
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
Serotonin
Hallucinogens
Dependence
10. The most common antidepressants used today are ____s.
Opioids
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Day
Mental
11. Physiological effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) include ________ in body temperature - heart rate and blood pressure - sweating and dilation of eye pupils.
Autonomic
Increase
Dependence
Lungs
12. The caffeine that is taken out of coffee to make it decaffeinated is used mostly in _____ ______.
Benzodiazepines
Congestion rebound
Soft drinks
Dependence
13. The BBB is very tight and excludes the brain uptake of all ______ molecule drugs and greater than 98% of small molecule drugs.
Sigmund Freud
Large
Memory
Tremors
14. Floaters (chippers) usually don't maintain their own supply of drugs but prefer to use...
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15. The FDA restricted amphetamine use to _____ ______ weight reduction programs in 1970.
James
Mental
Short term
Amphetamines
16. The Soviets were the first to use ________ to build up their athletes.
Steroids
Mesolimbic
Addictive
LSD
17. Federal laws which prohibited the sale of alcohol from 1920 to ____ are called prohibition.
Homeostasis
Instrumental
Amphetamines
1933
18. According to a 1997 report - alcohol is involved in more than ___ thousand deaths in the US each year.
100
Rapid
Cocaine
Inexpensive
19. All reinforcing drugs (drugs that reinforce their use) stimulate dopamine neurons in the __________ system.
Muscle tone
Appetite
Mesolimbic
Slowly
20. Methods of drug testing include urine - ____ - and saliva.
Antidepressant
Months
90
Hair
21. The four stages of alcohol withdrawal are _______ - hallucinations - delusions and seizures.
OTC
Tremors
Incurable
Tax
22. Columbus was presented tobacco by natives of ____ __________ in 1492 and he brought it with him back to Spain.
Unknown
Cocaine
San Salvador
Medical
23. In the late 1800s the typical ______ user was a middle aged white woman who functioned well and was adjusted to her life as a wife and mother.
Opioid
Acetylcholine
Thousand
Opiate
24. ________ _______ is another term for alcohol withdrawal symptoms - especially fever - trembling and hallucinations.
Erich Goode
Designer
Gateway
Delirium tremens
25. A person suffering from ________________ will exhibit symptoms of both depression and mania.
Behavioral tolerance
Bipolar disorder
Analgesic
Ounces
26. CNS ___________ that cause drowsiness and promote sleep are called hypnotics.
Norepinephrine
Mental
Alcohol
Depressants
27. _________ is often referred to as the brain's major excitatory neurotransmitter.
Weight control
Amphetamines
Muscle spasms
Glutamate
28. Smoking is involved in about ___ percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease.
Blood-brain
30
Active
Peers
29. The most commonly abused types of drugs include _______ - tobacco - stimulants - hallucinogens and depressants.
Household
Medical
Moderate
Alcohol
30. Drug use can be detected in urine for up to 5 days - in saliva for up to 1 day and in hair samples for up to ___ days.
Malnutrition
Constipation
90
Breathing
31. Commonly called '_______ _____' - nitrous oxide is a gaseous anesthetic first used in the early 1800s in medicine and surgery.
Opioids
Replacing
Laughing gas
Hair
32. Some smokers believe that _____ cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes.
Neonatal abstinence
Anorexiants
Glaucoma
Clove
33. Several studies have found a lower incidence of _____________ in moderate drinkers than in abstainers
Heart attacks
Cocaine
Psychoactive
Psilocybin
34. Withdrawal symptoms for marijuana include: irritability - restlessness - _________ appetite - weight loss and abnormal sleep.
Decreased
Heroin
Psychoactive
Codeine
35. ______________ are significantly better than placebo treatments in reducing psychotic behaviors.
Phenothiazines
Lipid solubility
Clove
Licit
36. Three derivatives of the cannabis plant are __________ - hashish - and ganja.
Illicit
Sinsemilla
Appetite
Medicinal herbs
37. Clonidine can be administered by a _____________ ______ - which gradually releases the drug over a seven day period.
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Anabolic steroid
MDMA
Transdermal patch
38. Cannabis addiction is ______ harmful than addiction to tobacco - prescription drugs or alcohol.
Floaters
Cocaine
Half life
Less
39. The idea that alcohol dependence is a _______ goes back at least to the 1700s.
Topical anesthesia
Disease
HCL
Weight
40. Cocaine is a ___________ controlled substance.
Stimulant
Schedule II
Social
Ounces
41. A typical progression of drug use starts with ___________ and alcohol - and then marijuana before moving on to the stronger drugs - which is why these drugs are often called 'gateway' drugs.
Designer
Cigarettes
Mucous membranes
Alcohol
42. Most psychoactive drugs are taken by one of three basic routes: by mouth - _________ - or inhalation.
Cessation
Cocaine
Injection
Low
43. Another way of saying placebo effect is ___________ effect.
Heart beat
Dose response
Months
Nonspecific
44. Examples of Schedule III substances include anabolic _________ and GHB.
Toxic
Steroids
48
Alcohol
45. LSD is a synthetic substance and is the most ______ and notorious of the hallucinogens.
Cardiovascular
Mental
Transdermal patch
Potent
46. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a condition affecting children born to alcoholic mothers - characterized by facial deformities - growth deficiency - and ____________________.
Spirits
Opioids
Mental retardation
Delirium tremens
47. The somatic system carries sensory information into the CNS and carries ______ (movement) information back out.
Depression
Nicotine
Motor
Codeine
48. With _______ parodoxical effects include bizarre uninhibited behavior - rage - hostility and paranoia.
Depress
Barbiturate
Muscle
Benzodiazepines
49. Cocaine is absorbed so well into ________ __________ that it remains in use for surgery in the nasal - laryngeal - and esophageal regions.
Hallucinogen
Mucous membranes
Alcohol
One half
50. After a patient receives their first dose of lithium it takes at least __ days to see results.
Time course
10
Depression
Solvents