Use vs. Abuse
True or False: Taking medication prescribed by your doctor and taking the correct dosage falls under substance ____.
Use
What is the worst that could happen to someone suffering from drug dependence?
Why would a person try or experiment with drugs?
Bored, peer pressure, influenced by media, product of their environment...
Refers to excessive use despite the physical, cognitive, emotional, social, legal, spiritual or economic harm this can do.
Substance abuse
How could substance use lead to financial loss?
Buying the drugs, losing jobs because of addiction...
Name a person that could serve as a positive influence that would encourage avoidance of substance use.
Mom, dad, siblings, friends, counselors, teachers...
What is addiction?
An urge to do something that is hard to control or stop.
What can happen to relationships when there is substance abuse?
It can test and break relationships (marriages, family, friendships...)
True or false: Television shows could influence someone to try drugs or alcohol.
True
Taking unprescribed drugs or someone else's medication is considered substance ___________.
Misuse
True or false: Taking steroids does not have any major financial risk.
False: Professional athletes that get caught suffer major losses.
Name one celebrity that is a positive influence when it comes to substance use.
Taylor Swift?
What is a drug?
A chemical substance that changes the state of your body and/or mind.