Which of the following best explains why experts are now distinguishing between use and misuse?
a. It is easier to discuss use than to accuse persons of being drug addicts.
b. Expansion of drug treatment programs has prevented some people from becoming totally addicted.
c. Persons using prescription drugs are "users," not "misusers."
d. Some persons may use drugs and not become dependent on them.
ANS: D
Research has revealed that problems associated with substance use may or may not relate to classically or clinically defined dependence or addiction. Many are turning to recovery before they have developed physiological dependence. Thus, many in the field have begun to differentiate between use and misuse (misuse being interchangeable with abuse), and these terms now appear in the literature. Drug treatment programs are far fewer than the need.
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