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MBI 131 FINAL EXAM 2024-2025Distinguish the characteristics of drug use, misuse, and abuse. ?
List and briefly describe the risk factors for the abuse of alcohol and
other drugs. - ?
Explain why alcohol is considered the number one drug abuse
problem in the United States. - ANSWER -Number of people abusing it
Number of injuries & injury-related deaths
Money spent (trying to solve the problem)
Economic costs(recent data now says this a close second place)
Define the terms: a) controlled substances and b) illicit (illegal) drugs;
and be able to state examples of each. ?
List and explain the four elements of drug abuse prevention and
control. ?
Know the levels of the substance (tobacco, alcohol, adderall, and
heroin) or characteristics of use that are categorized as: a) use, b)
misuse, and c) abuse. - ANSWER -Alcohol:
Moderate drinking:
Up to 1 drink/day for women; up to 2 drinks/day for men
, Alcohol abuse: Drinking leads to problems (at work, school, home, in
personal relationships, with the law, or with risk-taking), but person is
not physically dependent on alcohol
Alcoholism (alcohol addiction): Drinking causes serious problems,
yet person keeps drinking
Physical dependence
Tolerance: need more alcohol to feel drunk
Stopping leads to withdrawal symptoms
NIAAA statistics show that 7% of all alcohol drinkers develop a
problem. Either abuse or addiction.
Adderall:
Prescription use (Rx): Treating ADHD & narcolepsy
Misuse/Abuse: Taking without Rx
The belief that the drug leads to enhanced concentration/academic
performance
Weight loss
Heroin Abuse:
Usually injected, snorted, or smoked
Heroin binds to opioid receptors in brain
Users experience a euphoric "rush"
Skin flushes
Extremities feel heavy
Alternatively wakeful & drowsy
Clouded mental function
Respiratory depression
Effects disappear in a few hours (Meaning withdrawal can begin)
Identify what steps have been taken toward primary, secondary and
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