True or False? 9. When prevalence rates for abuse & dependence are combined, the

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True or False? 9. When prevalence rates for abuse & dependence are combined, the three most common drugs are 10. There is a direct genetic link for addiction, such that a person is basically born addicted because their 11. When a constitutional amendment was passed in 1919 to ban production and sale of alcohol it had no 12. Tension redction and learning theory are strong psychological factors contributing to substance use alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis (in that order). parent(s) was/were addicted. impact on actual rates of alcohol usage. disorders

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9. True. The three most common drugs of use are alcohol, nicotine and cannabis.

10. False. Genes merely increase one’s risk of developing a substance use disorder, they do not directly cause it.

11. False. This amendment succeeded in cutting overall alcohol consumption in half during the 1920s, and consumption remained below previous levels until the 1940s.

12. True. Tension reduction and learning theory are psychological factors that are strongly linked to substance abuse.

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