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Questions:

1. List seven possible physical harms from chronic heavy alcohol consumption.

2. What is delirium tremens? Describe it.

3. Describe the differences in what you might see between a person who has just used cocaine and a person who has just used heroin, if they were sitting in front of you. Include body language, gestures, pupil size, etc.

4. What are the principal similarities and differences between cocaine and amphetamines in regard to how they are produced for use, how they are used, their effects, and their damage to the human body?

5. For which types of substances would you recommend a medical detoxication (either inpatient or outpatient), and which would you find not necessary? Why?

6. You are working with a 19-year old at a mental health/substance abuse clinic that uses a harm reduction approach. He has been smoking marijuana for three years several times a week. He started vaping nicotine a month ago. He has tried using Ecstasy and Special K a number of times and likes it. He goes out to parties and uses Ecstasy (Molly) and Special K sometimes together, often with alcohol. His friends have been encouraging him to try taking some Vicodin pills and to try Angel Dust and K2. You have a good relationship with him, but he tells you emphatically that he will not stop using substances. From a harm reduction perspective, what would you advise him to do and not to do regarding his usage of substances. Please be specific.

7. In detail, describe two examples regarding the consequences of substance use in which there is evidence of societal racism?