Discuss problem behavior syndrome as it relates to drug abuse

What will be an ideal response?


• For some adolescents, substance abuse is one of many problem behaviors that begin early in life and remain throughout the life course.
• Longitudinal studies show that youths who abuse drugs are maladjusted, emotionally distressed, and have many social problems.
• Having a deviant lifestyle means associating with delinquent peers, living in a family in which parents and siblings abuse drugs, being alienated from the dominant values of society, and engaging in delinquent behaviors at an early age.
• Youths who abuse drugs lack commitment to religious values, disdain education, and spend most of their time in peer activities. Youths who take drugs do poorly in school, have high dropout rates, and maintain their drug use after they leave school.
• Student views will vary.

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Fill in the blank with correct word.

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Under the Model Penal Code, an act is not a crime unless there is a voluntary act. 2. Someone who is addicted to illegal drugs may be convicted solely for being an addict. 3. Someone who is addicted to illegal drugs may be convicted solely for being an addict. 4. Someone who is addicted to illegal drugs may be convicted solely for being an addict. 5. Strict liability offenses are mala in se.

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The Brief filed by a party who applies for an extraordinary writ is called the ___

a. request brief. b. reply brief. c. respondent's brief. d. petitioner's brief.

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