University of Idaho Substance Abuse Prevention Theory
Lesson 1
 
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Study/Thinking Questions:

  1. List several biological, psychological and sociological factors that may contribute to drug abuse and addiction.

  2. Describe and contrast the terms experimentation, abuse and addiction.

  3. Why do you think Americans use so many legal drugs (for example, alcohol, tobacco, and OTC’s)? What aspects of our society promote extensive drug use?

  4. Why do you think illicit drug use continues to increase (or not substantially decrease) in spite of governmental and enforcement campaigns on the negative consequences of drug use?

  5. Do you think the mass media really promotes drug use, or does it merely reflect our current attitudes toward drug use and actual use patterns?

  6. What principal factors do you think are involved in the relationship between drugs and crime?

  7. Do you think all employees should be randomly drug tested? Why?

  8. Do you think all students should be randomly drug tested? Why?