Which of the following best explains why health professionals and educ

Which of the following best explains why health professionals and educators are stressing total abstinence of drugs instead of teaching appropriate social use?

a. Federal funds are available to schools if abstinence is stressed.
b. If students perceive a drug as harmful, fewer actually try it.
c. It is easier to avoid a substance altogether than to try to control the dose.
d. This education is consistent with our American culture.

ESSAYBID ANSWER

ANS: B
Primary prevention for adolescents is typically focused on education aimed toward complete abstinence. Education plays an important role. A striking feature is the strong adverse relationship between perceived risk and drug use. For all drugs, with no change in drug availability, when students perceive a drug as harmful, fewer students actually use it. Thus, it is important for health professionals and educators to stress total abstinence. Federal funding is not available to schools if abstinence is stressed. This type of education stressing an abstinence only perspective is not consistent with the American culture.