Prevention
Reasons
Numbers/Percentages
Substances
Facts
100

What is to deter the sale of drugs through apprehension of dealers

Source Control

100

Classified under what, ties drug abuse to poverty and hopelessness

Social Disorganization

100

Heavy users of this drug may "use" as often as every _____ minutes.

10 or 10 minutes

100

Not physically addicting

Marijuana or Steroids

100

95 percent of of youths who use more serious drugs, started with what drug first

Marijuana

200

Teaching students about cause and effects of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco is a form of what strategy

Education Strategy

200

The degree of concordance is twice as high among identical twin groups, is described as what

Genetic Factor

200

This decision by teenagers alone results in more than ____ deaths each year.

800

200

Most commonly used narcotic in the US

Heroin

200

According to study based on drugs and offending, adolescents accounted for what percent of all the index crimes reported in the sample

40-60

300

Addresses a variety of problems by focusing on problem solving and building communication skills

Multi-systemic Therapy or Treatment Strategies

300

What may be the most important cause of long term substance abuse

Peer Networks

300

What percent do seniors use drugs to 'have a good time" 

57.2

300

Known for its highly addictive tendencies

Crack

300

About what percent of substance abusing youth continue use in adulthood

2/3 or 66.6666

400

Needle exchange program is an example of what

Harm Reduction

400

Experts have linked drug abuse to what that affect youths in any social class

Emotional Problems

400

The use of this device by high schoolers increased from 4.5 percent to what percent the following year

13.4

400

Made from speed and methamphetamine

Ecstasy

400

87 percent of studies report an increase in violence due to these law enforcement practices

Police crackdowns or drug sweeps

500

Programs that are directed towards the highest-risk youths

Community Strategies or Community Programs

500

Drug abuse patterns may also result from parental observations, is what

Family Factors

500

The economic cost of this drug in the US exceeds ____ billion annually.

$23 billion

500

Blocks nervous system transmission

Anesthetic

500

Female youths are more likely to use which drug compared to male youths

Prescription psychotherapeutic drugs