Side effects of medicines are always the same for everyone. Please select the best answer from the choices provided.
  • True
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Explain why it is a bad idea to take a friend's prescription medication.
  • ANSWER:Responses will vary. A sample response follows: Withdrawal is a set of symptoms that occur when a person stops taking a medication that they are used to taking. Symptoms can include headache, nausea, insomnia, and nervousness.
  • ANSWER:Responses will vary. A sample response follows: Vaccines contain weakened or dead pathogens of the disease they are trying to prevent. These pathogens build up the body's resistance to the regular disease. Antitoxins are composed of body fluid extracts that bolster the body's ability to fight a specific disease. In general, antitoxins work more quickly than vaccines.
  • ANSWER:Responses will vary. A sample response follows: Family is one of the strongest influences on teens and their decision making. Parents, siblings, and other family members are guiding influences throughout a teen's life and often occupy a position of authority or power in the teen's life. As a result, teens can be strongly influenced by the poor decisions of these authority figures in their lives.
  • ANSWER:Responses will vary. A sample response follows: Taking someone else's medications is against the law. In addition, prescription medicines were given to your friend by a doctor who clearly understood the health issues at hand. Those same medicines can cause harm to other individuals.
Drugs modify the brain chemistry and change behaviors. Please select the best answer from the choices provided.
  • True
  • False
Compare and contrast vaccines and antitoxins.
  • ANSWER:Responses will vary. A sample response follows: Family is one of the strongest influences on teens and their decision making. Parents, siblings, and other family members are guiding influences throughout a teen's life and often occupy a position of authority or power in the teen's life. As a result, teens can be strongly influenced by the poor decisions of these authority figures in their lives.
  • ANSWER:Responses will vary. A sample response follows: Vaccines contain weakened or dead pathogens of the disease they are trying to prevent. These pathogens build up the body's resistance to the regular disease. Antitoxins are composed of body fluid extracts that bolster the body's ability to fight a specific disease. In general, antitoxins work more quickly than vaccines.
  • ANSWER:Responses will vary. A sample response follows: Taking someone else's medications is against the law. In addition, prescription medicines were given to your friend by a doctor who clearly understood the health issues at hand. Those same medicines can cause harm to other individuals.
  • ANSWER:Responses will vary. A sample response follows: Withdrawal is a set of symptoms that occur when a person stops taking a medication that they are used to taking. Symptoms can include headache, nausea, insomnia, and nervousness.
Drugs of abuse trigger the release of dopamine within our brain, which allows the user to experience a temporary feeling of pleasure. Please select the best answer from the choices provided.
  • True
  • False
Why does low self-esteem intensify the impact of the various influences on teen decision making?
  • ANSWER:Responses will vary. A sample response follows: Family is one of the strongest influences on teens and their decision making. Parents, siblings, and other family members are guiding influences throughout a teen's life and often occupy a position of authority or power in the teen's life. As a result, teens can be strongly influenced by the poor decisions of these authority figures in their lives.
  • Responses will vary. A sample response follows: Teens with high levels of self-esteem are confident and self-assured, so when they face a tough decision such as whether to use illegal drugs, this self-assurance allows them to make decisions independently. Teens with low self-esteem are not confident and often doubt themselves and their decision making. When teens with low self-esteem need to make tough decisions, they will look to outside influence to guide, suggest, or validate their decisions.
  • ANSWER:Responses will vary. A sample response follows: Taking someone else's medications is against the law. In addition, prescription medicines were given to your friend by a doctor who clearly understood the health issues at hand. Those same medicines can cause harm to other individuals.
  • increased concentration Please select the best answer from the choices provided.
Thrill-seeking behavior is likely to lead many students to avoid drug abuse. Please select the best answer from the choices provided.
  • True
  • False
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