What is considered as the third leading preventable cause of death in the U.S.?

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What is considered as the third leading preventable cause of death in  Why do people abuse drugs? What is the three- ­dimensional model of personality for addiction identified by Cloninger?

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Chapter 1­ Putting Drugs in Perspective.       Failed approaches.            o Filled with emotional and political bias that denied the real dimensions of drug                  problems.            o Scare tactics.                      Ex: Reefer Madness.                      Believed that if young people were frightened by the effects of drugs they                         would not use them.                      Scare tactics worked with people who saw drug use and opposite to their                        values and goals.                             For most people scare tactics did not work because they were seen                               as exaggerated and sensationalized.                                   o As a result none o

What is considered as the third leading preventable cause of death in

What is considered as the third leading preventable cause of death in
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School: University of West Florida - Pensacola

Department: Social Work

Course: Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: Special Issues

Professor: Brown

Term: Fall 2015

Tags: Substance Abuse, Social Work, and UWF

Cost: 25

Name: First Half of Semester Notes

Description: Half a semesters worth of notes. Includes notes from the readings. Notes go up to what is on the midterm. Chapters 1-7.

Uploaded: 11/28/2015