Protective and risk factors in substance use and abuse

Question 1

According to the US National Survey on Drug Use and Health, children
are already starting to abuse drugs at _ years old, and some even at
an earlier age.

Answer 1

12 or 13

Question 2

These are factors that raise the chance of a negative outcome

Answer 2

Risk factors

Question 2

These are factors that reduces the risk.

Answer 2

Protective factors

Question 3

Lack of self-respect and
early aggressive behavior

Answer 3

Practice self-respect and self-control

Question 3

Peers who use drugs

Answer 3

Wise choice of friends

Question 4

Drug availability

Answer 4

● Strict implementation of anti-drug use
policies and campaigns
● Resilience or learning how to control
one’s behavior and decision

Question 5

Inability to express
emotions

Answer 5

Practice resistance skills and anger management skills

Question 6

Feelings of rejection

Answer 6

Healthy social skill

Question 7

Unhappy family relationships

Answer 7

Healthy family relationships

Question 8

Learning disability

Answer 8

Improve academic competence

Question 8

Poverty

Answer 8

Improvement of community’s economic condition

Question 8

● Strict implementation of anti-drug use
policies and campaigns
● Resilience or learning how to control
one’s behavior and decision

Answer 8

Drug availability

Question 8

Practice self-respect and self-control

Answer 8

Lack of self-respect and
early aggressive behavior

Question 8

Healthy social skill

Answer 8

Feelings of rejection

Question 8

Practice resistance skills and anger management skills

Answer 8

Inability to express
emotions

Question 9

Wise choice of friends

Answer 9

Peers who use drugs

Question 9

Healthy family relationships

Answer 9

Unhappy family
relationships

Question 9

Improve academic competence

Answer 9

Learning disability

Question 10

Improvement of community’s economic condition

Answer 10

Poverty

Question 10

Risk factors:

Answer 10

-Lack of self respect and early aggressive behavior
-Peers who use drugs
-Drug availability
-Inability to express emotions
-Feelings of rejection
-Unhappy family relationships
-Learning disability
-Poverty

Question 11

Protective factors:

Answer 11

-Practice self respect and self-control
-Wise choice of friends
-Practice resistance skills and anger management skills
-Healthy social skills
-Healthy family relationships
-Improve academic competence
-Improvement of community’s economic condition

Question 12

Myth number 1

Answer 12

Drug addiction is a character flaw

Question 13

Myth number 2

Answer 13

It only takes a one-term treatment to treat drug
addiction.

Question 14

Myth number 3

Answer 14

People who takes drugs usually have problems

Question 15

Myth number 4

Answer 15

Regular usage of drugs will lead to addiction

Question 16

Myth number 5

Answer 16

Licit drugs are safer

Question 17

Myth number 6

Answer 17

Once listed as a misused drug, that particular drug can be controlled.

Question 18

Myth number 7

Answer 18

People who take caffeine, alcohol. and tobacco/cigarettes are not drug users

Question 19

Myth number 8

Answer 19

Cannabis leads to addiction of ‘‘hard’’ drugs

Question 20

Myth number 9

Answer 20

Stimulants help one focus at school or in work

Question 21

Myth number 10

Answer 21

Peddlers or pushers are the ones who mostly supply drugs to first time users

Question 22

Abusing drugs leads to _.

Answer 22

addiction

Question 23

Drug addiction alters the brain, but it can also
lead to social, psychological, and behavioral defects. T or F

Answer 23

T

Question 24

Each type of drug a
person abuses has a way of changing that person’s brain functions. T or F

Answer 24

T

Question 25

Drug addiction is a _.

Answer 25

chronic disease

Question 26

Most people who take drugs take them not because they have problems, but simply because they like the _ effect of the drug.

Answer 26

pleasurable

Question 27

Not all drug users inevitably become drug addicts. T or F

Answer 27

T

Question 28

Only a _ percentage of people who use illegal drugs develop addiction to them.

Answer 28

small

Question 29

NIDA

Answer 29

US National Institute on Drug Abuse

Question 30

A study funded by the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) states that within 10 years of first using a drug:

Answer 30

(1) only about 15% of people who used cocaine become addicted;
(2) 12% of people who took alcohol became addicted; and
(3) 8% of people who took marijuana became addicted.

Question 31

_ and _ are more damaging to a person’s health in terms of developing chronic diseases,

Answer 31

Alcohol and tobacco

Question 32

Licit drugs such as:

Answer 32

Alcohol and drugs

Question 33

It is more difficult to get illegal drugs because they are _ .

Answer 33

prohibited

Question 34

There is some truth to this myth 6?. T or F

Answer 34

T

Question 35

Gateway drugs such as:

Answer 35

Caffeine, alcohol, and tobacco/cigarrete

Question 36

What cannabis is illegal?

Answer 36

Cannabis sativa or marijuana

Question 37

Some varieties of cannabis can be used for treatment? T or F

Answer 37

T

Question 38

The
majorities of young adults who have used Cannabis have not become
addicted and have not advanced to using “hard” drugs.?

Answer 38

Yes

Question 39

Stimulants come in different forms?

Answer 39

Yes

Question 40

Prescription stimulants such as:

Answer 40

amphetamines

Question 41

Illegal stimulants such as:

Answer 41

methamphetamine “uppers’’

Question 42

Peddlers or pushers are the ones who mostly supply
drugs to first-time users ???

Answer 42

Most of the time, individuals who got addicted to illegal drugs got their first drug from a friend, from someone whom they look up to, or from someone whom they owe.