PPT - University of North Dakota

CONTINUUM OFADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE USE• Abstinence• Use (minimal or experimental use, with minimalconsequences)• Abuse (regular use or abuse, with several andmore severe consequences• Abuse/Dependence (regular use over anextended period, with continued severeconsequences)• Recovery (return to abstinence, with a relapsephase in which some adolescents cycle throughthe stages again)• Secondary Abstinence