Chapter 17: Drug Abuse Prevention – Study Guide, Key Concepts & Practice
Questions
AOD - correct answer ✔✔Alcohol and other drugs
Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) - correct answer ✔✔When the recurrent use of alcohol or
other drugs (or both) causes clinically significant impairment, including health problems,
disability, and failure to meet major responsibilities at work, school, or home
Drug Prevention - correct answer ✔✔Preventing or decreasing health problems, including social
and personal problems, caused by drug dependency
Protective Factors - correct answer ✔✔Factors associated with preventing the potential for drug
abuse such as self-control, parental monitoring, academic competence, anti-drug use policies,
and strong neighborhood attachment
Risk Factors - correct answer ✔✔Factors associated with increased risk of drug use, such as
early aggressive behavior, lack of parental supervision, the lure of gang membership, drug
availability, and poverty
Primary Drug Prevention Programs - correct answer ✔✔Drug prevention programs with a very
broad range of activities aimed at reducing the risk of drug use among nonusers and ensuring
continued nonuse and helping at-risk individuals avoid the development of addictive behaviors
Secondary Drug Prevention Programs - correct answer ✔✔Programs that consist of uncovering
potentially harmful substance use prior to the onset of overt symptoms or problems and/or
targeting newer drug users with a limited history of use; the main goal is to target at-risk
groups, experimenters, and early-abuse populations
Questions
AOD - correct answer ✔✔Alcohol and other drugs
Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) - correct answer ✔✔When the recurrent use of alcohol or
other drugs (or both) causes clinically significant impairment, including health problems,
disability, and failure to meet major responsibilities at work, school, or home
Drug Prevention - correct answer ✔✔Preventing or decreasing health problems, including social
and personal problems, caused by drug dependency
Protective Factors - correct answer ✔✔Factors associated with preventing the potential for drug
abuse such as self-control, parental monitoring, academic competence, anti-drug use policies,
and strong neighborhood attachment
Risk Factors - correct answer ✔✔Factors associated with increased risk of drug use, such as
early aggressive behavior, lack of parental supervision, the lure of gang membership, drug
availability, and poverty
Primary Drug Prevention Programs - correct answer ✔✔Drug prevention programs with a very
broad range of activities aimed at reducing the risk of drug use among nonusers and ensuring
continued nonuse and helping at-risk individuals avoid the development of addictive behaviors
Secondary Drug Prevention Programs - correct answer ✔✔Programs that consist of uncovering
potentially harmful substance use prior to the onset of overt symptoms or problems and/or
targeting newer drug users with a limited history of use; the main goal is to target at-risk
groups, experimenters, and early-abuse populations
