The outpatient nurse understands that the phase of substance abuse characterized by a 14-year-old child admitting to using marijuana every day with friends after attending school is
a. Experimentation
b. Early drug use
c. True drug addiction
d. Severe drug addiction
C
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A With experimentation, the individual tries the drug to see what it is like or to
satisfy peers.
B Early drug use is identified as using drugs with some degree of regularity for
their desirable effects.
C True drug addiction is identified as regular use of drugs. Physical dependence
may be present. Social functioning has a drug focus.
D In severe drug addiction, the physical condition of the individual deteriorates and
all activities are related to drug use.
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