Define and give examples of drug use, misuse, and abuse.

What will be an ideal response?


• Drug use: intentional use of a mind-altering substance for any reason.• Drug misuse: unintentional or inappropriate use of prescribed or over-the-counter drugs (ex., using cough syrup to get high).• Drug abuse: the intentional and inappropriate use of a drug resulting in physical, emotional, financial, social, or intellectual consequences (ex., regularly using cough syrup to get high and committing crimes in order to procure cough syrup)

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A. 50 B. 33-38 C. just under 7 D. just over 60

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A medical term that means enlarged extremities is ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which term refers to a self-care procedure for the early detection of breast cancer??

A) ?ultrasound B) ?palpation of the breast C) ?mammography D) ?breast self-examination

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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