Drugs in Context MCQ

_____ is the ideology of most U.S. government–funded drug prevention programs that states that no drug usage whatsoever is acceptable without serious consequences and all drugs are equally as harmful.

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Correct Answer: Zero tolerance

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Is war on drugs an assortment of drug prohibition efforts implemented by the U.S. government since the early 1970s?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the period in Amish teenagers’ lives in which they explore the world outside of their community to make sure they want to commit to their religion; it is known to involve experimentation with drugs and alcohol.

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Correct Answer: Rumspringa

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_____ is defined as drug programs in which youth live away from home in a facility for an extended period to address their drug use.

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Correct Answer: Residential therapeutic community

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_____ is the use of multiple drugs or substances at the same time.

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Correct Answer: Polysubstance use

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Is national Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) a yearly SAMHSA survey of drug use patterns of approximately 70,000 people 12 years of age and older that occurs through face-to-face interviews at respondents’ homes?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as legal products that are used or consumed in an effort to get intoxicated or high and can have negative repercussions (e.g., airplane glue, gasoline, and over-the-counter drugs).

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Correct Answer: Harmful legal products

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_____ is defined as an approach to drug use that takes a public health angle and acknowledges that illegal and legal drug use are always going to occur, so they need to be addressed in a way that minimizes the harm associated with use.

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Correct Answer: Harm reduction

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_____ is a method used to deter drug use by means of testing bodily materials (e.g., urine, hair, saliva) for evidence of drug consumption.

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Correct Answer: Drug testing

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Is drug prohibition an approach to drug use that involves the harsh punishment of drug users?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as courts that first emerged in the 1990s in the United States and deliver a series of services geared at helping youth using drugs to become rehabilitated and stop their usage.

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Correct Answer: Drug courts

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_____ is defined as a network that creates yearly reports on the number of youth who end up in emergency departments due to their use of alcohol and/or other drugs.

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Correct Answer: Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)

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_____ is the idea that group therapy for youth drug use sometimes functions to spark interest in future drug use among casual users who participate.

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Correct Answer: Deviancy training

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Is d.A.R.E. the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, which uses anti–drug use curriculum delivered by law enforcement officers in school classrooms in an effort to deter children from using drugs?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the model of drug use used by juvenile drug courts, which defines a young person’s involvement in court-mandated programs as only when they completely stop all drug usage.

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Correct Answer: Abstinence model of drug use

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Drug abusers continue to use drugs and/or alcohol in spite of the negative ways it affects their school, work, and relationships.

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Correct Answer: True

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Girls tend to have higher rates of illegal substance abuse and use than boys in general.

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Correct Answer: False

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As school funds declining and programs are cut, drugs are being increasingly prescribed to students.

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Correct Answer: True

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Harmful legal products (HLPs) used by young people include airplane glue, paint thinners, and gasoline.

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Correct Answer: True

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One of the primary reasons for youth consumption of drugs is the pursuit of pleasure.

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Correct Answer: True

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Which approach has been ranked as the single most effective way to address youth delinquency in a study of over 500 individuals working in the U.S. juvenile justice system?

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Correct Answer: Rehabilitation program

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The zero tolerance ideology, which suggests that no drug use will be accepted whatsoever, is promoted by ______.

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Correct Answer: D.A.R.E.

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______ is by far the illegal drug that youth use the most.

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Correct Answer: Marijuana

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Young people have ______, or the ability to choose whether or not to use drugs.

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Correct Answer: Agency

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Historical records show that people have used drugs to help them get through the day in the face of hard times or challenges; this is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Coping purposes

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