Chapter 16: Drugs – Study Guide, Key Concepts & Practice Questions
The leading cause of accidental death is ______.
a. automobile accidents.
b. falls.
c. drug overdoses.
d. electrocution. - ANS ✔✔c. drug overdoses.
The primary focus of drug prevention in the 1970s was ______.
a. reducing drug supply by stopping the importation, sale, and manufacturing of drugs.
b. incarcerating drug offenders.
c. educating students about the dangers of drugs.
d. using classroom scare tactics, including visits from addicts. - ANS ✔✔a. reducing drug supply
by stopping the importation, sale, and manufacturing of drugs.
Primary prevention programs seek to ______.
a. reduce the supply of drugs by stopping their importation, sale, and manufacture.
b. treat heavy drug users and those with well-established patterns of drug use.
c. minimize the potential damage resulting from drug use by targeting people who have some
experience with drugs.
d. reach people before they start using alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs. - ANS ✔✔d. reach
people before they start using alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs.
This type of prevention seeks to help drug abusers after treatment has been implemented.
a. Primary.
b. Secondary.
c. Tertiary.
The leading cause of accidental death is ______.
a. automobile accidents.
b. falls.
c. drug overdoses.
d. electrocution. - ANS ✔✔c. drug overdoses.
The primary focus of drug prevention in the 1970s was ______.
a. reducing drug supply by stopping the importation, sale, and manufacturing of drugs.
b. incarcerating drug offenders.
c. educating students about the dangers of drugs.
d. using classroom scare tactics, including visits from addicts. - ANS ✔✔a. reducing drug supply
by stopping the importation, sale, and manufacturing of drugs.
Primary prevention programs seek to ______.
a. reduce the supply of drugs by stopping their importation, sale, and manufacture.
b. treat heavy drug users and those with well-established patterns of drug use.
c. minimize the potential damage resulting from drug use by targeting people who have some
experience with drugs.
d. reach people before they start using alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs. - ANS ✔✔d. reach
people before they start using alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs.
This type of prevention seeks to help drug abusers after treatment has been implemented.
a. Primary.
b. Secondary.
c. Tertiary.
