REASONS INDIVIDUALS ENGAGE IN SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE
Poor opinion of themselves; feelings of inadequacy:
Low self-esteem
Primary reason(s) youth drink alcohol:
experiment/try it; to be sociable
Acute effects and health risks of this drug include lowered inhibitions and depression:
Alcohol
Behavior/outcome at school:
decrease in academic performance, missing class/school, habitually late
Students who smoke their first cigarette before the age of _____ are more likely to become regular and heavy smokers than students who begin smoking at a later age:
12 years-old
Activities of childhood no longer interest them; weary; restless:
Boredom
Leading cause of death and spinal cord injuries in young Americans:
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Acute effects and health risks of this drug include slowed reaction time and anxiety:
Marijuana
The #1 cause of preventable death in the United States:
smoking cigarettes
Number of seconds it takes for highly addictive nicotine to reach your brain:
10 seconds
Desire to experience the unknown:
Curiosity
Percentage of all crime that is “alcohol-involved”:
60%
Drugs in this category include cocaine, amphetamines and caffeine:
Stimulants
Behavior around parents/family:
withdrawn/lack of communication with parents, stealing family funds/possessions
Percentage of adult smokers who began their addiction as children or adolescents:
90%
Motivated by a strong need to belong:
Peer pressure
Low birth weight and mental retardation are associated with this condition:
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Acute effects and health risks of this category of drugs include shrunken testicles in males and menstrual irregularities in females:
Change in behavior/interaction with others:
more aggressive, changed personality, new friends/peers
Percentage of cancer deaths that can be attributed to smoking
33% or 1/3rd
The state of being an outsider or the feeling of being isolated, as from society:
alienation
Amount of alcohol (as a %) in 100 proof whiskey:
50%, proof is twice the alcohol content
Acute effects and health risks of this drug include euphoria, nausea, and HIV:
Heroin
Change in personal health status:
negative change in appearance and/or personal hygiene
On average, smokers die at least _____ years younger than non-smokers:
10 years