Exam 17: Preventing Substance Abuse

Canada's approach to prevention is directed through the National Anti-Drug Strategy, which was launched 1985.

Describe at least three of the components of the Social Influence Model of drug prevention.

Beginning in 1980s, why did the United States government launch a massive campaign based on anti-drug policies which included school locker searches?

The social influence model grew out of a 1976 paper describing a successful prevention approach aimed at what?

What has been the most consistent feature of workplace drug prevention programs?

One of the "Taking Sides" boxes in the textbook proposed the idea that skydiving is no better for the individual or society than taking cocaine is.

Although the DARE program had some effects on reported self-esteem, there was no evidence for long-term reductions in self-reported use of drugs.

Drug prevention programs are a relatively new concept dating back to the late 1970s.

The Social Influence Model was first developed in a prison setting with former heroin users.

When did drug prevention initiatives begin?

Which type of program typically emphasizes exploration of one's own needs and beliefs regarding drugs?

Studies of school-based prevention programs in the 1970s showed that students who knew more about drugs and their effects were least likely to use those drugs.

Out-of-school peer programs include peer influence approaches, as well as which of the following?

The values clarification approach makes the assumption that what is lacking in drug-using adolescents is factual information about.

How would the public health model describe programs designed to reach people who have already started using some substances, but the goal is to help them avoid further substance abuse or moving to more dangerous substances be classified?

Canada's National Anti-Drug Strategy is a collaborative effort among all of the following EXCEPT which one?

If efforts are made to prevent drug-taking behaviour from occurring when it has NOT yet happened then what type of strategy is being used?

What is the average age at which students grades 7-12 consumed their first alcoholic beverage and when they first used cannabis?

How common are DARE programs in Canada, and which profession is predominately responsible for providing the content?

Describe the risk factors have been identified as contributors to the level of substance abuse in Aboriginal populations.