Drugs and Society

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Drugs and Society

• Drug abuse
• Drug education
• Drug regulation

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Drug abuse

• Learned behavior
• Family models
• Peer group teaching
• Subcultural definition
• Dont trust authority
• Media models
• Positive reinforcement
• Negative reinforcement

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Drug education

• Target audience
• Those unlikely to use
• Those likely to use
• Recreational users
• Abusers
• Quitters

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Drug education methods

• Provide information
• Develop self-respect
• Develop appropriate attitudes
• Teach alternative strategies and competing
  behaviors
• Apply social influence
• Peers, parents, and community
• Provide appropriate models
• Apply consequences
• The value of delay