Deck 16: Substance-Abuse Prevention

Question 1

5 Project DARE has been declared a success in some areas but a failure in others.Comment on this statement with examples of the areas of success and the areas of failure.

Answer 1

no answer

Question 2

8 The "supply/availability" argument in drug prevention accounts for almost 60 percent of about $26 billion of the federal budget spent each year on drug control.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

6 The estimated costs of substance abuse exceed $1 trillion per year.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

3 Prevention of a relapse after recovery in a treatment program would be an example of tertiary prevention.

Question 5

2 Discuss the successes and failures of an availability-reduction approach to drug abuse prevention.

Question 6

7 Describe CASASTART program in New York.

Question 7

5 Resilience is the inclination to resist the effects of protective factors through the action of risk factors.

Question 8

4 Learning to say "no" to drugs as a young child would most likely be a component of a program of secondary prevention.

Question 9

6 Describe several alternative behaviors that can play a role in an alternative-behavior programming component of drug abuse prevention.

Question 10

4 Discuss the components of Botvin's life skills training program.What do you think is the basis for its relative degree of success?

Question 11

3 Discuss the community-based problems that effective education faced when implemented as a component of drug abuse prevention.What would your personal reaction have been to a values-clarification program?

Question 12

11 One of the problems in the consideration of drug abuse prevention on college or university campuses is to avoid hypocrisy and denial.Comment on this statement and offer some suggestions as to how these problems might be overcome.

Question 13

2 The first line of defense against drug abuse problems in the youth is actually represented by secondary prevention programs.

Question 14

10 Define a sociocultural filter and discuss the ways in which sociocultural filters are important considerations in drug abuse prevention among certain racial or ethnic communities.Give an example with respect to either a Latino or an African-American community.

Question 15

8 Parents can play a combination of five possible roles as an influence on their children's drug-taking behavior.Describe two of them.

Question 16

9 What is the "triple threat" for potential substance abuse among adolescents and what are the specific effects of these factors on drug-taking behaviors?

Question 17

1 Distinguish between primary,secondary,and tertiary prevention,and describe the target population and goals of each.Include one example for each type.

Question 18

1 Talking to a child in kindergarten about drugs would be an example of primary prevention.

Question 19

9 The "supply/availability" argument in drug prevention holds that problems of illicit drug abuse will diminish if there is lessened demand for these drugs.

Question 20

7 Each year,an estimated 537,000 deaths are attributed to alcohol,tobacco,and illicit drugs.

Question 21

18 Values-clarification approaches have sought to give youngsters a moral "compass" to guide their behavior.

Question 22

12 Strict punitive measures have failed as a means for primary and secondary prevention.

Question 23

29 Learning assertiveness and ways of resisting peer pressure is part of the decision-making component of the LST program.

Question 24

25 In the life skills training program in New York City,a multifaceted approach toward drug abuse prevention has been adopted.

Question 25

27 LST program participants have demonstrated an increase in risky driving behaviors.

Question 26

14 The objective information approach may increase the likelihood of using drugs because it increases curiosity about drugs among high-risk people.

Question 27

11 The minimum age requirement for drinking alcohol has a significant impact on drinking among minors.

Question 28

13 The "reefer madness approach" in drug prevention refers to the use of objective information.

Question 29

10 Approximately 80 percent of the illicit drugs smuggled into the United States are interdicted (stopped)at the border.

Question 30

15 The objective information approach works best with high-risk youth.

Question 31

28 Learning cognitive techniques to manage stress is part of the cognitive component of the LST program.

Question 32

22 Peer-refusal training includes teaching participants how to "say no" to drugs in social settings.

Question 33

23 Applying self-relaxation techniques helps to decrease substance abuse among teens.

Question 34

17 Affective education focuses on specific behavior related to substance abuse.

Question 35

21 Peer-refusal skills are found to be useful as part of an affective education.

Question 36

19 Affective education approaches such as values clarification have been highly supported by parents and community leaders.

Question 37

20 The approaches that have the greatest chance to be successful are those that address a single area of drug-taking behavior,since too much at once is overwhelming.

Question 38

26 LST programs have demonstrated reductions in violence and delinquency among sixth-grade LST participants.

Question 39

24 Learning assertiveness skills fosters positive interpersonal relationships throughout life.

Question 40

16 Objective-information approaches are considered to be an effective component of drug abuse prevention programs for low-risk children.

Question 41

44 Most parents who attend substance abuse prevention programs are those who do not really need the information.

Question 42

46 The factors that prevent parents from attending substance abuse prevention programs are the same factors that increase their children's risk of substance abuse use.

Question 43

47 One role of a parent in drug abuse prevention is to be a resource for drug-related information.

Question 44

39 Almost all drug abuse prevention programs have an alternative-behavior programming component in them.

Question 45

40 Young people today live "media-saturated lives," spending an average of nearly 6.5-8.0 hours a day with media.

Question 46

38 Within the area of alternative-behavior programming,an example of an alternative behavior (relative to drug use)is belonging to a street gang.

Question 47

36 Most adolescents spend a majority of their time outside school.

Question 48

41 Because of the unprecedented media access available,it is important to evaluate the impact of substance abuse information on drug-taking behavior,and the potential for media exposure to promote primary prevention.

Question 49

45 The family is the first line of defense against alcohol,tobacco,and other drugs.

Question 50

37 A significant individual capable of acting as a positive role model in a community is often referred to as an impactor.

Question 51

30 Identifying a skill or behavior that students would like to change or improve over an eight-week period is a way of developing social and assertiveness skills.

Question 52

34 The DARE program has been criticized for advocating that children be questioned about possible drug offenders in their families,and some view the program as a mechanism for turning young children into informants.

Question 53

32 The teachers (leaders)in DARE programs are uniformed police officers.

Question 54

42 CASASTART children are more likely to be promoted to the next grade than control groups.

Question 55

49 Teens who get $25 a week or more in spending money are just as likely as teens who get less than $25 a week to participate in smoking,drinking,or illicit drug use.

Question 56

31 The LST program is more successful for white,middle-class youths than for inner-city minority youths.

Question 57

33 DARE programs have made significant inroads in reducing drug-taking behavior among children exposed to the DARE curriculum.

Question 58

43 Compared to control groups,CASASTART children are 20 percent less likely to commit a violent act.

Question 59

48 Teens who feel bored are more likely than teens who do not feel bored to participate in smoking,drinking,or illicit drug use.

Question 60

35 The school is a better resource than the community for providing activities such as Midnight Basketball and Boys and Girls Clubs for youths.

Question 61

56 Abusers of alcohol and other drugs in the workplace use,on average,several times more sick leave from work than non-abusers.

Question 62

57 The GC/MS procedure for drug testing is more sensitive than the EMIT procedure.

Question 63

55 There has been no definitely established relationship between alcohol abuse and loss of productivity.

Question 64

58 EMIT and GC/MS are two methods used in drug testing.

Question 65

53 The 1988 Drug-Free Workplace Act requires that all companies and businesses receiving any U.S.federal contracts or grants provide a drug-free workplace.

Question 66

1 Substance abuse prevention refers to __________.

A)illicit drugs and alcohol prevention
B)aspirin and other decongestant prevention
C)amphetamines,tobacco,and other drug prevention
D)anxiolytic and other drug prevention

Question 67

6 Primary prevention programs are enhanced when education is combined with__________.

A)twelve-step programs
B)community action
C)secondary prevention programs
D)drug abuse rehabilitation

Question 68

52 African-American children show a tendency to use drugs other than alcohol after they develop delinquent attitudes and behaviors.

Question 69

51 Programs that help Latina women with drug problems should focus on reducing the shame associated with reaching out for hel

Question 70

5 The average American adolescent listens to ____ of popular music per day,and there are approximately ___ explicit references to substance use heard during this time.

A)2.4 hours;84
B)1.2 hours;22
C)9.5 hours;175
D)14.4 hours;275

Question 71

4 A discussion about alternatives to drinking among high-school students already exposed to alcohol in some form would fit under the category of __________.

A)primary prevention
B)secondary prevention
C)tertiary prevention
D)intermediate prevention

Question 72

54 Theoretically,taking a urine sample could be considered a violation of one's constitutional right to be protected from "unreasonable search and seizure."

Question 73

59 Fifty-one percent of high-school seniors in the U.S.have drunk alcohol at least once,and about forty-six percent have smoked marijuana.

Question 74

60 Most programs on college campuses focus on prevention and control of alcohol only,not other drugs of abuse.

Question 75

61 Prevention programs on college campuses should focus only on students.

Question 76

7 A program that reduces the likelihood of relapse among former heroin abusers would fit under the category of __________.

A)primary prevention
B)secondary prevention
C)tertiary prevention
D)intermediate prevention

Question 77

62 A source for locating local referral services is the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Question 78

50 An important aspect of approaching the problem of drug abuse in Latino communities is to understand the role of the Latino father.

Question 79

2 If efforts are made to prevent drug-taking behavior from occurring when it has not occurred up to now,then these efforts are referred to as __________.

A)primary prevention
B)secondary prevention
C)tertiary prevention
D)initial prevention

Question 80

3 An educational program that included "ways to say no" would fit under the category of __________.

A)primary prevention
B)secondary prevention
C)tertiary prevention
D)intermediate prevention