Question

Quiz #5: Chapter 12 • Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs •

1. Be able to define: drug abuse, drug misuse, protective factors, risk factors, social ecology

2. What is the estimated economic cost of substance abuse in the United States per year?

3. What is the form of alcohol that is now recognized in most heavy-episodic drinking?

4. By April 2016, the average retail cost of a pack of cigarettes in what state was the highest in the nation at $10.45?

5. You will need to WRITE DOWN the FOUR basic elements play a role in drug abuse prevention and control – place them in order found in the chapter

6. The age of first use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs is correlated to later development of alcohol and drug problems, especially if use begins before what age?

7. Binge drinking (can be defined as) consuming how many drinks on a single occasion for females and how many drinks for males?

8. In 2016, what city had the highest combined state and local (cigarette) tax at $6.16 per pack?

9. The use of what drug is the single most preventable cause of disease, disability and death in the United States?

10. Between 2000 and 2014, the rate of overdose deaths in the United States involving opioids, including heroin and prescription opioid pain relievers, increased by what percent?

11. What state had the lowest state cigarette tax at $0.17 per pack?

12. According to the chapter, what drug is the number one problem in the U.S. by almost any standard of measurement – the number of those who abuse it, the number of injuries and injury deaths it causes, the amount of money spent on it, and its social and economic costs to society through broken homes and lost wages?

13. What is the most abused illicit drug in the United States?

Answer 1