Drug and Substance Abuse Prevention – Study Guide, Key Concepts & Practice
Questions
What is drug abuse prevention - correct answer ✔✔Drug abuse prevention is a process, which
attempts to prevent the onset of substance use or limit the development of problems
associated with using psychoactive substances.
Prevention efforts may focus on the ------- or their -------- - correct answer ✔✔Individual
surrounding
Environmental prevention focuses on..... - correct answer ✔✔changing community conditions
or policies so that the availability, as well as the demand of substance is reduced.
What must be done for prevention to be effective - correct answer ✔✔the same messages
about alcohol, drugs, and tobacco should be repeatedly delivered by multiple messengers - - -
schools, parents, peers, and the community throughout childhood and adolescence.
The primary goal of prevention is to ------- - correct answer ✔✔to delay onset of use - the first
use of any drug/substance of abuse.
Factors like ------ and ------- can help delay adolescents experimentation with drugs and alcohol,
thereby reducing long term problem - correct answer ✔✔Proactive parenting and strong family
bond
Prevention is --------- responsibility - correct answer ✔✔Everybody's
The following should do :
School
Parents
, Peer mentoring
Communities
Workplace - correct answer ✔✔-Schools (come up with age-specific, relevant programs);
-Parents (role models);
-Peer mentoring (engage in programs to create awareness);
-Communities (screen and counter pro-alcohol/drug messages, implement and enforce laws
/policies restricting youth access to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, provide opportunity for positive
youth involvement); -Workplace (implement policies against substance abuse in workplace).
NIDA - correct answer ✔✔National Institute of Drug Abuse
Principle 1: - correct answer ✔✔⚫ Prevention programs should enhance protective factors and
reverse or reduce risk factors (Hawkins et al. 2002).
⚫ Risk factors include:
⚫ Early Aggressive Behavior
⚫ Lack of Parental Supervision
⚫ Substance Abuse
⚫ Drug Availability
⚫ Poverty
⚫ Protective factors include:
⚫ Impulse control
⚫ Parental Monitoring
⚫ Academic Competence
⚫ Antidrug Use Policies
⚫ Strong Neighbourhood Attachment
Questions
What is drug abuse prevention - correct answer ✔✔Drug abuse prevention is a process, which
attempts to prevent the onset of substance use or limit the development of problems
associated with using psychoactive substances.
Prevention efforts may focus on the ------- or their -------- - correct answer ✔✔Individual
surrounding
Environmental prevention focuses on..... - correct answer ✔✔changing community conditions
or policies so that the availability, as well as the demand of substance is reduced.
What must be done for prevention to be effective - correct answer ✔✔the same messages
about alcohol, drugs, and tobacco should be repeatedly delivered by multiple messengers - - -
schools, parents, peers, and the community throughout childhood and adolescence.
The primary goal of prevention is to ------- - correct answer ✔✔to delay onset of use - the first
use of any drug/substance of abuse.
Factors like ------ and ------- can help delay adolescents experimentation with drugs and alcohol,
thereby reducing long term problem - correct answer ✔✔Proactive parenting and strong family
bond
Prevention is --------- responsibility - correct answer ✔✔Everybody's
The following should do :
School
Parents
, Peer mentoring
Communities
Workplace - correct answer ✔✔-Schools (come up with age-specific, relevant programs);
-Parents (role models);
-Peer mentoring (engage in programs to create awareness);
-Communities (screen and counter pro-alcohol/drug messages, implement and enforce laws
/policies restricting youth access to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, provide opportunity for positive
youth involvement); -Workplace (implement policies against substance abuse in workplace).
NIDA - correct answer ✔✔National Institute of Drug Abuse
Principle 1: - correct answer ✔✔⚫ Prevention programs should enhance protective factors and
reverse or reduce risk factors (Hawkins et al. 2002).
⚫ Risk factors include:
⚫ Early Aggressive Behavior
⚫ Lack of Parental Supervision
⚫ Substance Abuse
⚫ Drug Availability
⚫ Poverty
⚫ Protective factors include:
⚫ Impulse control
⚫ Parental Monitoring
⚫ Academic Competence
⚫ Antidrug Use Policies
⚫ Strong Neighbourhood Attachment
