Healthwise: Drug and Alcohol Addictions : Answers

1. In a group of 10 North Carolinians, how many people suffer from a form of addiction?
   1. 1 [Yes.]
   2. 5
   3. 10
   4. 20

2. Alcoholism and drug addiction are diseases, like cancer or diabetes.
   1. True [Yes]
   2. False 

3. What percentage of federally sentenced North Carolinians committed a drug offense?
1. 10
2. 23
3. 36 [Yes]
4. 50

4. What is the principal drug threat to North Carolina and easily available here? (according to the Drug Enforcement Agency)
   
   
1. Methamphetamine.
2. Cough syrup
3. Cocaine [Yes]
4. Heroin

5. How many admissions to drug/alcohol treatments occurred in North Carolina in 2003 (according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)?

1. 100
2. 5000
3. 15,000
4. 27,000 [Yes]

6. Out of 3 of our 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th graders, about how many of them have been offered, sold, or given an illegal drug at school last year (according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)? 
1. 3
2. 2
3. 1 [Yes]

7. Out of 20 North Carolina high school students, how many reported that they used marijuana at least once (according to a 2003 CDC report)?
1. 5
2. 8 [Yes]
3. 10
4. 20

8. Dependence or addiction (according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) has two main characteristics:
1. Tolerance (larger and larger amounts of the drug are needed to achieve the same "high")
2. Withdrawal (problems one has after one stops taking the substance)
3. Economic (ability to pay for the substance)
4. a and b [Yes]
5. a and c

9. Out of a group of 10 teenagers in America, how many abuse cough medicine (according to the DSM-IV report)?
1. 10
2. 7
3. 5
4. 1 [Yes]

10. In a group of 10 teenagers in America, how many abuse prescription drugs to get high (according to the DSM-IV report)? 
1. 10
2. 8
3. 5
4. 2 [Yes]