5.04 Review Advocacy for Addiction

What do you think is the best definition for advocacy?

• Advocacy is defined as any action that speaks in favor of, recommends, argues for a cause, supports or defends, or pleads on behalf of others.

• Advocacy is an activity by an individual or group that aims to influence decisions within political, economic, and social institutions.

• Advocacy means taking action to create change.

Social norms are the unwritten rules or behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society.

• True

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The idea of advocating for positive social norms means that you are promoting healthy behaviors and encouraging them.

• True

• False

Teens that hang out with peers that do drugs are less likely to try drugs themselves.

• True

• False

Being able to advocate for increased awareness for drug addiction means knowing the facts about your topic and knowing what you want to say.

• True

• False

Describe at least one example of how students can support a cause, idea, or policy, and convince the right people of its' importance and the need to act on it.