Protective and risk factors in substance use and abuse Flashcards
According to the US National Survey on Drug Use and Health, children
are already starting to abuse drugs at _ years old, and some even at
an earlier age.
12 or 13
These are factors that raise the chance of a negative outcome
Risk factors
These are factors that reduces the risk.
Protective factors
Lack of self-respect and
early aggressive behavior
Practice self-respect and self-control
Peers who use drugs
Wise choice of friends
Drug availability
● Strict implementation of anti-drug use
policies and campaigns
● Resilience or learning how to control
one’s behavior and decision
Inability to express
emotions
Practice resistance skills and anger management skills
Feelings of rejection
Healthy social skill
Unhappy family relationships
Healthy family relationships
Learning disability
Improve academic competence
Poverty
Improvement of community’s economic condition
● Strict implementation of anti-drug use
policies and campaigns
● Resilience or learning how to control
one’s behavior and decision
Drug availability
Practice self-respect and self-control
Lack of self-respect and
early aggressive behavior
Healthy social skill
Feelings of rejection
Practice resistance skills and anger management skills
Inability to express
emotions
Wise choice of friends
Peers who use drugs
Healthy family relationships
Unhappy family
relationships
Improve academic competence
Learning disability
Improvement of community’s economic condition
Poverty
Risk factors:
-Lack of self respect and early aggressive behavior
-Peers who use drugs
-Drug availability
-Inability to express emotions
-Feelings of rejection
-Unhappy family relationships
-Learning disability
-Poverty
Protective factors:
-Practice self respect and self-control
-Wise choice of friends
-Practice resistance skills and anger management skills
-Healthy social skills
-Healthy family relationships
-Improve academic competence
-Improvement of community’s economic condition
Myth number 1
Drug addiction is a character flaw
Myth number 2
It only takes a one-term treatment to treat drug
addiction.
Myth number 3
People who takes drugs usually have problems
Myth number 4
Regular usage of drugs will lead to addiction
Myth number 5
Licit drugs are safer
Myth number 6
Once listed as a misused drug, that particular drug can be controlled.
Myth number 7
People who take caffeine, alcohol. and tobacco/cigarettes are not drug users
Myth number 8
Cannabis leads to addiction of ‘‘hard’’ drugs
Myth number 9
Stimulants help one focus at school or in work
Myth number 10
Peddlers or pushers are the ones who mostly supply drugs to first time users
Abusing drugs leads to _.
addiction
Drug addiction alters the brain, but it can also
lead to social, psychological, and behavioral defects. T or F
T
Each type of drug a
person abuses has a way of changing that person’s brain functions. T or F
T
Drug addiction is a _.
chronic disease
Most people who take drugs take them not because they have problems, but simply because they like the _ effect of the drug.
pleasurable
Not all drug users inevitably become drug addicts. T or F
T
Only a _ percentage of people who use illegal drugs develop addiction to them.
small
NIDA
US National Institute on Drug Abuse
A study funded by the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) states that within 10 years of first using a drug:
(1) only about 15% of people who used cocaine become addicted;
(2) 12% of people who took alcohol became addicted; and
(3) 8% of people who took marijuana became addicted.
_ and _ are more damaging to a person’s health in terms of developing chronic diseases,
Alcohol and tobacco
Licit drugs such as:
Alcohol and drugs
It is more difficult to get illegal drugs because they are _ .
prohibited
There is some truth to this myth 6?. T or F
T
Gateway drugs such as:
Caffeine, alcohol, and tobacco/cigarrete
What cannabis is illegal?
Cannabis sativa or marijuana
Some varieties of cannabis can be used for treatment? T or F
T
The
majorities of young adults who have used Cannabis have not become
addicted and have not advanced to using “hard” drugs.?
Yes
Stimulants come in different forms?
Yes
Prescription stimulants such as:
amphetamines
Illegal stimulants such as:
methamphetamine “uppers’’
Peddlers or pushers are the ones who mostly supply
drugs to first-time users ???
Most of the time, individuals who got addicted to illegal drugs got their first drug from a friend, from someone whom they look up to, or from someone whom they owe.
