Drugs, Society, & Human Behavior Chapters 17 & 18 (2026 Updated) – Prevention, Treatment
& Substance Abuse Study Guide, Practice Questions & Exam Review
Drug Prevention - correct answer ✔✔preventing or decreasing health problems including social
and personal problems caused by drug dependency
Primary Prevention - correct answer ✔✔broad range of activities to reduce the risk of drug use.
Aimed at either non users or users or at risk individuals, neighborhoods, communities and
families
Secondary Prevention - correct answer ✔✔uncovering potentially harmful substance use prior
to the onset of overt symptoms or problems and targeting newer drug users with a limited
history of use; the main goal is to target at risk groups, experimenters and early abuse
populations.
Level 2 Program Components - correct answer ✔✔- Assessment strategies: abuse subgroups
and individual diagnoses
- Early intervention couple with sanctions
- Teacher- counselor- parent team approach
- Developing health alternative youth culture
- Use of recovering role models
Tertiary Prevention - correct answer ✔✔focusing on intervention and targeting chemically
dependent individuals who need treatment. Treating the medical consequences of drug abuse
and facilitating entry into treatment so further disability is minimized.
Level 3 Program Components - correct answer ✔✔- Assessment and diagnosis
- Referral to treatment
- Case management
,- Reentry into life without drugs
Harm Reduction Model - correct answer ✔✔reducing the harm experienced by the drug user
and abuser as well as harm to society.
- reduce harm of drug policies
- reduce harm of prohibition (black market)
- providing youth with factual science and evidence about drugs to protect them
- safer methods of use, not casting judgement
Community Based Prevention - correct answer ✔✔broad and take into account the
community's youth, parents, business, media, schools, law enforcement, religious or fraternal
groups. Goal: provide programs among numerous organizations and agencies involved in
prevention.
School Based Prevention - correct answer ✔✔focus in schools, not really giving factual
information. Only discussed individual factors, undermining everyone's experience with drugs
are different.
Scare tactic or fear based approach - correct answer ✔✔emphasizing the negative effects of
drug use, scaring the audience of potential and current drug users into not using drugs.
Prohibitionist Philosophy - correct answer ✔✔reducing and stopping unwanted drug use by
legally banning or punishing drug use. (law enforcement approaches)
- Anti smoking policies
- Zero tolerance policies
- Drug searches
- Drug testing
, Family Based Prevention - correct answer ✔✔focuses on family risk factors that predispose
youth to drugs.
- train parents in behavioral skills
- Include educational component for parents about drugs
- target parent with children in kindergarten-12 grade
- counseling services for families at risk
Individual Based Drug Prevention - correct answer ✔✔- focuses on harm reduction therapy: non
judgmental approach to helping people experiencing alcohol and drug problems to reduce the
negative impact of substance use , abuse, or dependence in their lives.
Existing Prevention Programs and Models - correct answer ✔✔1) Information Only or
Awareness Model
2) Attitude Change or Affective Education Model
3) Social Influences Model
4) Ecological or Person in Environment Model
Information Only or Awareness Model - correct answer ✔✔teaching about harmful effects of
drugs will change attitudes about use and abuse.
- earliest preventive interventions
- people are rational enough to stop drug use
- little influence on the use of habitual or addictive type drugs
Attitude Change or Affective Education Model - correct answer ✔✔people use drugs because
they have poor self esteem
- strengthens self image, building positive self esteem
- attitudes are resistant to change, especially in social settings
& Substance Abuse Study Guide, Practice Questions & Exam Review
Drug Prevention - correct answer ✔✔preventing or decreasing health problems including social
and personal problems caused by drug dependency
Primary Prevention - correct answer ✔✔broad range of activities to reduce the risk of drug use.
Aimed at either non users or users or at risk individuals, neighborhoods, communities and
families
Secondary Prevention - correct answer ✔✔uncovering potentially harmful substance use prior
to the onset of overt symptoms or problems and targeting newer drug users with a limited
history of use; the main goal is to target at risk groups, experimenters and early abuse
populations.
Level 2 Program Components - correct answer ✔✔- Assessment strategies: abuse subgroups
and individual diagnoses
- Early intervention couple with sanctions
- Teacher- counselor- parent team approach
- Developing health alternative youth culture
- Use of recovering role models
Tertiary Prevention - correct answer ✔✔focusing on intervention and targeting chemically
dependent individuals who need treatment. Treating the medical consequences of drug abuse
and facilitating entry into treatment so further disability is minimized.
Level 3 Program Components - correct answer ✔✔- Assessment and diagnosis
- Referral to treatment
- Case management
,- Reentry into life without drugs
Harm Reduction Model - correct answer ✔✔reducing the harm experienced by the drug user
and abuser as well as harm to society.
- reduce harm of drug policies
- reduce harm of prohibition (black market)
- providing youth with factual science and evidence about drugs to protect them
- safer methods of use, not casting judgement
Community Based Prevention - correct answer ✔✔broad and take into account the
community's youth, parents, business, media, schools, law enforcement, religious or fraternal
groups. Goal: provide programs among numerous organizations and agencies involved in
prevention.
School Based Prevention - correct answer ✔✔focus in schools, not really giving factual
information. Only discussed individual factors, undermining everyone's experience with drugs
are different.
Scare tactic or fear based approach - correct answer ✔✔emphasizing the negative effects of
drug use, scaring the audience of potential and current drug users into not using drugs.
Prohibitionist Philosophy - correct answer ✔✔reducing and stopping unwanted drug use by
legally banning or punishing drug use. (law enforcement approaches)
- Anti smoking policies
- Zero tolerance policies
- Drug searches
- Drug testing
, Family Based Prevention - correct answer ✔✔focuses on family risk factors that predispose
youth to drugs.
- train parents in behavioral skills
- Include educational component for parents about drugs
- target parent with children in kindergarten-12 grade
- counseling services for families at risk
Individual Based Drug Prevention - correct answer ✔✔- focuses on harm reduction therapy: non
judgmental approach to helping people experiencing alcohol and drug problems to reduce the
negative impact of substance use , abuse, or dependence in their lives.
Existing Prevention Programs and Models - correct answer ✔✔1) Information Only or
Awareness Model
2) Attitude Change or Affective Education Model
3) Social Influences Model
4) Ecological or Person in Environment Model
Information Only or Awareness Model - correct answer ✔✔teaching about harmful effects of
drugs will change attitudes about use and abuse.
- earliest preventive interventions
- people are rational enough to stop drug use
- little influence on the use of habitual or addictive type drugs
Attitude Change or Affective Education Model - correct answer ✔✔people use drugs because
they have poor self esteem
- strengthens self image, building positive self esteem
- attitudes are resistant to change, especially in social settings
