Deck 1: Why Worry About Substance Abuse or Addiction

Question 1

How much is spent each year in the U.S. purchasing illicit drugs?

A) $375 billion
B) $264 billion
C) $200 billion
D) $115 million

Answer 1

$264 billion

Question 2

What percentage of psychiatric hospital admissions are not associated with drug or alcohol abuse?

A) 15-20 percent
B) 8-10 percent
C) 25-30 percent
D) 25-50 percent

Answer 2

25-50 percent

Question 3

The direct and indirect cost of substance use disorders totals percent of the average state's budget.

A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20

Answer 3

15

Question 4

Describe some of the shortcomings in the training of various healthcare workers regarding the identification and
treatment of substance abuse disorders (SUDs).

Question 5

The estimated economic impact of alcohol use disorders in the United States is thought to be

A) $98 million per year.
B) $900 for each person over the age of 18.
C) $638 for each person.
D) half of national health care expenditures.

Question 6

In North America, the demand for amphetamine (especially methamphetamine) has been .

A) rapidly increasing
B) trending down
C) stable
D) doubling annually

Question 7

What percent of the entire world population has abused an illicit substance at least once?

A) 5 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 75 percent

Question 8

Some of the indirect costs of the "war on drugs" include

A) feeding and housing those convicted of drug crimes.
B) providing healthcare for all prisoners.
C) lost productivity by those who abuse drugs.
D) all of these answers.

Question 9

Historically, substance use has been occurring

A) since the early 1700s.
B) only in the last 50 years.
C) primarily in the urban areas of Europe and North America.
D) for thousands of years.

Question 10

The most commonly abused illicit substance in the United States is .

A) methamphetamine
B) marijuana
C) nicotine
D) alcohol

Question 11

Drug use disorders are the leading cause of death in adults around the world.

A) 3rd
B) 4th
C) 6th
D) 8th

Question 12

Discuss the costs of alcohol use/abuse/addiction in general economic terms and in healthcare expenditures.

Question 13

For most individuals, experimentation with the illicit use of drugs

A) occurs only once.
B) initiates a slow, but inevitable, advance into addiction.
C) runs a course of use that usually lasts 5­10 years.
D) lasts for less than a year.

Question 14

What percent of physicians in the United States believe they are adequately trained to treat substance abusers?

A) 30 percent
B) More than 25 percent
C) 17 percent
D) Less than 17 percent

Question 15

What percent of the entire world population has used at least one psychoactive substance?

A) 5 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 75 percent

Question 16

Around the world, heroin accounts for of opiate use disorders.

A) 75 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 25 percent

Question 17

Women are more likely to develop an alcohol abuse disorder than men.

Question 18

Adults with SUDs are more likely to physically abuse and/or neglect their children than their non-abusing peers.

Question 19

According to your text, use of which of the following substances has remained fairly stable in society?

A) Alcohol and tobacco
B) Marijuana and LSD
C) Cocaine and heroin
D) Anabolic steroids and inhalants

Question 20

As a hospital administrator, you would expect that percent of admissions to the hospital would be substance related:

A) 5-10
B) 8-15
C) 16-20
D) 35-40

Question 21

How do Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) contribute to the rise in healthcare costs?

Question 22

Describe the tactics politicians use to hide the true cost of the "war" on drugs.

Question 23

In the U.S., the number of deaths resulting from illicit drug use are those from legal substance use.

A) much higher than
B) statistically the same as
C) more numerous than
D) only a fraction of

Question 24

One in five citizens of the United States

A) has ingested hallucinogens.
B) smokes cigarettes.
C) drinks alcohol daily.
D) has ever used a tobacco product.

Question 25

The majority of psychologists surveyed reported regarding the identification or treatment of addictions.

A) no formal training
B) confidence
C) being comfortable
D) felt adequately prepared coming out of graduate school

Question 26

Annually, of all deaths in the U.S. can be directly traced to smoking­related illnesses.

A) 10 percent
B) 33 percent
C) 20 percent
D) 50 percent

Question 27

The majority of undergraduate nursing programs require of instruction on alcohol and drug abuse content.

A) one semester
B) a single course
C) several weeks
D) 1 to 5 clock hours

Question 28

Globally, the majority of cocaine abusers/addicts are thought to live in

A) North America.
B) South America.
C) Europe.
D) Asia.

Question 29

Alcohol is thought to contribute to approximately of all motor vehicle accidents.

A) 40 percent
B) 60 percent
C) 30 percent
D) 50 percent

Question 30

Contrast the historical patterns seen with alcohol/tobacco use with that of the general patterns of use of illicit
substances in the U.S.