Savannah State University Chapter 4 Theories of Drug Use Questions

1. All theories attempting to explain a general phenomenon are partial in scope. Which theory of drug use do you believe is most adequate? Which one covers the most ground, explains more about drug use than any other? Why do you feel this way? Explain in a minimum of two paragraphs of 5-7 sentences for each paragraph.
2.As the author indicates, cigarettes aside, marijuana is the psychoactive substance that racks up the most use-days among its last-year users. What explains how these theories or explanations address this basic fact—for instance, how is it possible that alcohol, a freely available substance, is used less often used by its last-year users than marijuana, a not-quite-so-freely available substance? Explain in a minimum of two paragraphs of 5-7 sentences for each paragraph.