Q1
What are some of the principles of effective treatment for substance abuse and dependence?
Q2
Could the public associate a valuable medicinal agent (i.e., a medicine) with the dark world of doping and performance-enhancing drugs? Even worse, could some people accuse these companies of developing drugs that could be misused by athletes as a way of enhancing sales? Discuss the implications.
Q3
What are the behavioral symptoms of marijuana use?
Q4
Discuss sleep aids and cough-and-cold remedies as some of the other classes of over-the-counter drugs.
Q5
Relate the biomedical model of mental illness to the development of psychiatric drugs.
Q6
Discuss the components of school-based substance-abuse prevention programs that have worked in the past.
Q7
Discuss the importance of different sociocultural filters for effective substance-abuse prevention.
Q8
Examine the importance of family systems in substance-abuse prevention attempts.
Q9
Analyze the challenges in designing effective substance-abuse treatment programs
Q10
Based on our current research, who is at greatest risk for alcohol abuse or dependence?