A nurse is providing education to a parent-teacher organization about substance use and abuse among children. Which of the following information would the nurse most likely include in this presentation?
a. Inhalants are among the first drugs that young children use.
b. Implementing the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program is the most effective way to prevent drug use.
c. Underage drinking is not a problem in most communities.
d. Early experimentation with substances decreases the likelihood of future abuse.
ANS: A
Inhalants are among the first drugs that young children use. The primary abusers of most inhal-ants are adolescents who are 12-17 years of age. Most recent studies have found that the DARE program is less effective than other interactive prevention programs and may even result in in-creased drug use. Underage drinking is seen as the most serious drug problem for youth in the United States. The younger a person is when beginning intensive experimentation with drugs, the more likely dependence will develop.
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