Brief thoughts on substance abuse - outline

• Prevention• Frequency of alcohol & smoking• Fagerstrom scale• Alcohol screening• Stages of Change• Trends in drug abuse• Questions

Brief thoughts on substance abuse - frequency

• 2001-2002 NationalEpidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions *

• * Archives of GeneralPsychiatry", Volume 61, August 2004.

Brief thoughts on substance abuse - frequency

• Of the current 46.2 million smokers, more than 32 million persons reported they wanted to quit smoking completely.

Brief thoughts on substance abuse - screening

Brief thoughts on substance abuse - screening

Brief thoughts on substance abuse - screening

Doc, I only drink two bottles of

beer a day