Adolescents who become chemically dependent progress through four stages. Place these stages in ...

D, B, C, A
Experimentation involves using the drug for the first time with peers and enjoying the effects of the drug. Active seeking refers to looking forward to using the drug and wanting the feeling that one experiences when using the drug; relationships then begin to become affected, and the teen's only friends are the ones who also take the drugs. During the preoccupation stage, the adolescent believes that he or she has to use the drug to cope with life, and relationships fall apart. The last stage, burnout, is characterized by drug use as the primary focus of the teen's life, along with addiction and withdrawal symptoms when the drug is not used.