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Discuss some of the early school-based attempts to prevent substance abuse and why they were abandoned.

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A 1984 review of prevention studies concluded that values clarification approaches were clearly effective in actually preventing future drug use.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Describe at least three of the components of the Social Influence Model of drug prevention.

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Question 4

Out-of-school peer programs include peer influence approaches,as well as

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A)  peer participation programs.
B)  peer policing programs.
C)  peer evaluation.
D)  peer pressure reversal.

Question 5

The most consistent feature of workplace drug prevention programs has been

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A)  informational posters and videotapes.
B)  random urine testing.
C)  video surveillance of restrooms.
D)  use of drug dogs to check desks,lockers,etc.

Question 6

One study of the Life Skills Training program found significantly lower use of

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A)  marijuana.
B)  alcohol.
C)  tobacco.
D)  all of the above

Question 7

One of SAMHSA's model community prevention programs

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A)  focuses on heroin users in inner city neighborhoods.
B)  is aimed primarily at AIDS prevention.
C)  works for changes in alcohol policies and ordinances.
D)  is a home-based version of DARE.

Question 8

In the early 1970s,the Knowledge-Attitudes-Behavior model began to be questioned when it was learned that

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A)  drug users didn't much care what people thought about them.
B)  students with more knowledge about drugs had a more positive attitude toward drugs.
C)  drug-using behavior is unrelated to attitudes about drug use.
D)  it was more effective just to use scare tactics.

Question 9

Which of these is NOT one of the successful components included in the social influence model?

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A)  making a public commitment not to smoke
B)  countering cigarette advertising
C)  discussing the penalties for getting caught with cigarettes
D)  use of teen leaders C

Question 10

Which of these is NOT one of the Institute of Medicine's classifications for prevention programs?

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A)  affective prevention
B)  universal prevention
C)  selective prevention
D)  indicated prevention A

Question 11

Studies of school-based prevention programs in the 1970s showed that students who knew more about drugs and their effects were least likely to use those drugs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

DARE is one of the most widespread drug prevention programs in schools.Research on DARE has shown that

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A)  most parents and community members don't approve of it.
B)  it has not produced lasting reductions in drug or alcohol use.
C)  gang activity is greater in schools with DARE programs.
D)  it consistently reduces binge drinking and marijuana use.

Question 13

The Institute of Medicine's proposed prevention efforts are categorized primarily according to the age groups of the targeted populations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Social Influence Model was first developed in a prison setting with former heroin users.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of these was NOT discussed as an effective family-based drug prevention approach?

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A)  parenting skills
B)  family interaction exercises
C)  providing urine test kits to parents
D)  parent support groups

Question 16

Drug use and abuse is a relatively recent development in our society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Discuss the goals and approaches that distinguish drug education programs from drug prevention programs.

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Drug education aims at providing balanced and complete information about drugs and is evaluated by whether the students know this information.Drug prevention programs aim at preventing drug use or abuse,and may be one-sided.Evaluations are based on follow-up surveys of whether students have started using or increased their use of cigarettes,alcohol,marijuana,etc.

Question 18

Project ALERT and Life Skills Training were included as examples of

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A)  programs that work.
B)  values clarification programs.
C)  knowledge-attitudes-behavior approaches.
D)  ineffective and outdated approaches.

Question 19

The Montana Meth Project,an ad campaign that exaggerates the effects of methamphetamine,has been shown to clearly reduce methamphetamine use.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In discussing what we should be doing in drug prevention,the text says,"above all"

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A)  never admit your own substance use.
B)  make people believe they will be caught and punished.
C)  avoid sensational scare stories and preachy approaches.
D)  make sure that people get a complete understanding of the drug's pharmacology.

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A 1984 review of prevention studies concluded that values clarification approaches were clearly effective in actually preventing future drug use.

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One of SAMHSA's model community prevention programs

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The Social Influence Model was first developed in a prison setting with former heroin users.

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Which of these was NOT discussed as an effective family-based drug prevention approach?

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Drug use and abuse is a relatively recent development in our society.

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Discuss the goals and approaches that distinguish drug education programs from drug prevention programs.

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The Montana Meth Project,an ad campaign that exaggerates the effects of methamphetamine,has been shown to clearly reduce methamphetamine use.

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