Exam 16: Substance Abuse Prevention

High levels of media use by young people offer a good opportunity to use media for ________.

Generally, as protective factors ________, one's resilience ________.

Define "sociocultural filter" and discuss the ways in which sociocultural filters are important considerations in drug-abuse prevention among certain racial or ethnic communities. Use Canada's Aboriginal communities as an example.

Among high school students, 70% have consumed alcoholic beverages and about 46% have smoked marijuana.

According to the principle of supply and demand, reducing the availability of drugs on the street makes them __________.

Presently, the percentage of illicit drugs interdicted (stopped) at Canadian borders is __________.

Of all available drugs in Canadian society, alcohol is the leader in number of deaths caused, years of life lost, and hospital visits.

Primary prevention programs with social skills training components have been shown not to be effective in reducing cigarette smoking.

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

Alternative-behaviour programming includes __________.

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

The participation of police officers in D.A.R.E. programs has emphasized a shift from their role in __________ toward a role in __________ with regard to drug-abuse prevention.

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

Analogy: Negative education is to Reefer Madness as objective information approach is to __________.

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

Which of the following types of prevention programs has been judged to be extremely successful?