Deck 2: Drug Use: Yesterday and Today

Question 1

Which of the following did European explorers bring to the Americas?

A) alcohol
B) psilocybin
C) mescaline
D) tobacco

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The Second Opium War ended in the Treaty of .

A) Bombay
B) Versailles
C) Tientsin
D) Cornwall

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What did physicians in the mid-1800s refer to as "God's own medicine"?

A) marijuana
B) Godfrey's Cordial
C) opium
D) peyote

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Archaeological evidence suggests that was used as early as 6400 B.C.

A) morphine
B) grape wine
C) beer
D) heroin

Question 5

is a hallucinogenic drug derived from the cactus plant.

A) LSD
B) psilocybin
C) peyote
D) ketamine

Question 6

What was the "soldiers' disease" in the Civil War?

A) morphine addiction
B) alcoholism
C) heroin addiction
D) gangrene

Question 7

Which country had the highest national use of opium in the mid-1800s?

A) Britain
B) China
C) India
D) the U.S.

Question 8

As a result of the first opium war, the British received rights to the port of .

A) Shanghai
B) Peking
C) Manila
D) Hong Kong

Question 9

was used in Asia Minor around 5000 B.C. and was known as a "joy plant."

A) Cannibas sativa
B) The opium poppy
C) Hemp
D) Catnip

Question 10

Oriental drugs were introduced to Europe because of the Crusades and the expeditions of .

A) Genghis Khan
B) Marco Polo
C) Alexander the Great
D) Ferdinand Magellan

Question 11

Who won the first Opium War?

A) China
B) India
C) Britain
D) No one won

Question 12

is a combustive process in which yeasts interact with the sugars in plants to produce an enzyme that converts the sugar into alcohol.

A) distillation
B) fermentation
C) brewing
D) hydrolysis

Question 13

In what century did the Opium Wars occur?

A) 17th
B) 18th
C) 19th
D) 20th

Question 14

How was cannabis sativa used in ancient China?

A) it was smoked in a pipe
B) it was brewed as tea
C) it was used as an herb in cooking
D) none of these

Question 15

The Opium Wars occurred because attempted to control or eliminate imports of opium by __________ traders.

A) Britain, Chinese
B) China, Indian
C) China, British
D) Britain, Indian

Question 16

Into the middle of the 1800s, in the U.S., drugs could be obtained .

A) through the mail
B) at grocery stores
C) without prescription
D) all of these
E) none of these

Question 17

Which of the following drugs was not used in the Stone Age?

A) morphine
B) hashish
C) cocaine
D) opium

Question 18

Which of the following drugs was not introduced to Europe from the Americas?

A) tobacco
B) hallucinogens
C) cocaine
D) hashish

Question 19

In ancient times, various plants were used primarily within religious or contexts.

A) political
B) social
C) medicinal
D) none of these

Question 20

The trees producing the coffee bean were native to .

A) Colombia
B) Bolivia
C) Italy
D) Ethiopia

Question 21

In the 1800s, cocaine was used to treat .

A) depressed mood
B) pain
C) opiate addiction
D) depressed mood or pain
E) all of these

Question 22

The 1960s was the era of _.

A) LSD
B) heroin
C) cocaine
D) abstinence

Question 23

Model cements, lighter fluids and lacquer thinner are examples of .

A) tranquilizers
B) solvents
C) barbiturates
D) stimulants

Question 24

Heroin was first developed in .

A) Stone Age China
B) 16th Century Peru
C) the late 1800s
D) 1952

Question 25

The purity of heroin sold on the street today is it was in the 1980s.

A) higher than
B) lower than
C) the same as

Question 26

is an injectable anesthetic that has been approved for both human and animal use in medical settings.

A) ketamine
B) GHB
C) XTC
D) methamphetamine

Question 27

Which of the following is a way in which heroin is used?

A) snorting
B) smoking
C) mixing with crack and smoking
D) all of these
E) none of these

Question 28

Ecstasy is also known as .

A) MDMA
B) LSD
C) GHB
D) Special K

Question 29

was named after the Greek god of sleep and dreams.

A) opium
B) morphine
C) heroin
D) rohypnol

Question 30

In the 1800s, the opiates were used .

A) to calm crying babies
B) as an anesthetic
C) to treat colds
D) all of these
E) none of these

Question 31

Dr. Timothy Leary, one of the chief proponents of LSD use, was when he began to use the drug.

A) a San Francisco surgeon
B) a Harvard psychologist
C) a member of the Jefferson Airplane
D) part of President Kennedy's anti-drug task force

Question 32

The 1950s was the era of _.

A) hallucinogens and tranquilizers
B) marijuana and amphetamines
C) tranquilizers and inhalants
D) cocaine and hallucinogens

Question 33

What was the probable cause for the increase in popularity of marijuana in the 1920s?

A) the end of WWI
B) the Depression
C) Prohibition
D) the repeal of marijuana laws

Question 34

The San Francisco Ordinance involved .

A) banning the importation of smoking opium
B) banning the smoking of opium
C) banning opium dens
D) all of these

Question 35

The first report of solvent abuse was in .

A) 1860
B) 1922
C) 1951
D) 1973

Question 36

Who introduced the smoking of opium to the U.S.?

A) European explorers
B) Central American immigrants
C) Native Americans
D) Chinese laborers

Question 37

were used in the 1930s to treat depression.

A) Barbiturates
B) Amphetamines
C) Tranquilizers
D) Inhalants

Question 38

Heroin use was a significant concern in which war?

A) WWII
B) the Korean war
C) the Vietnam war
D) the Gulf war

Question 39

Approximately of first-time heroin users are under the age of 18.

A) 5 %
B) 15%
C) 25%
D) 50%

Question 40

The designer drug Rohypnol is commonly known as .

A) ecstasy
B) vitamin K
C) ice
D) roofies

Question 41

Solvent inhalant abuse is especially problematic among teenage males.

Question 42

"Bath salts" are synthesized from various -like chemicals.

A) marijuana
B) amphetamine
C) opiate
D) hallucinogen

Question 43

is a hallucinogenic, historically used by the Mazatec Indians in Mexico, that has seen a recent problematic rise in use in the U.S.

A) Peyote
B) Mezcal
C) Salvia
D) Psilocybin

Question 44

is a slang expression used to describe a saloon operating without a license during Prohibition.

A) tea pad
B) speakeasy
C) after-hours club
D) whiskey bar

Question 45

Marijuana was used as an all-purpose medicine in the 1800s.

Question 46

A major thrust of the early Federal Bureau of Narcotics was its attempt to eradicate the use of .

A) marijuana
B) cocaine
C) heroin
D) alcohol

Question 47

Which of the following was not a result of Prohibition?

A) a shift in drinking habits from distilled spirits to beer
B) a takeover of alcohol distribution by organized crime
C) a decrease in the rate of drinking in the states
D) more extensive use of marijuana

Question 48

Prior to the 20th Century, drug use was heavily restricted.

Question 49

The Pure Food and Drug Act .

A) barred the use of the opiates in patent medicines
B) produced a substantial decrease in the number of addicts
C) focused on reducing alcohol addiction
D) forced the producers of medicines to indicate on the packaging the amount of drug contained therein
E) all of these

Question 50

The Drug Policy Alliance is an advocacy group seeking to prevent the legalization of medical marijuana.

Question 51

The initial introduction to Europe of tobacco, coffee, and tea was met with much celebration.

Question 52

The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act .

A) increased the number of addicts in the U.S.
B) included cocaine as a narcotic
C) allowed physicians to prescribe narcotics only in the course of their professional practice
D) did not prohibit the legal supply of the opiates
E) all of these

Question 53

Heroin has always been used primarily by lower socioeconomic groups.

Question 54

The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

A) decriminalizes possession of synthetic compounds that are not intended for human consumption.
B) establishes harsher penalties for possession of crack cocaine than for powder cocaine.
C) gives judges more leeway in considering mitigating factors during sentencing.
D) establishes mandatory minimum sentences for possession of designer drugs.

Question 55

An unintended consequence of the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 was that, in the years since its passage, the law served to shift opium addicts to .

A) cocaine
B) alcohol
C) heroin
D) barbiturates

Question 56

"Sudden sniffing death syndrome" is a recently reported phenomenon in which teenagers have suffered heart
attacks after sniffing ketamine.

Question 57

Soldiers who used heroin in Vietnam were usually able to give up their habit upon return to the U.S.

Question 58

Marijuana is a drug.

A) Schedule I
B) Schedule II
C) Schedule III
D) Schedule IV

Question 59

When was the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (now the DEA) established?

A) 1920
B) 1930
C) 1940
D) 1950

Question 60

Cocaine is a drug.

A) Schedule I
B) Schedule II
C) Schedule III
D) Schedule IV

Question 61

Briefly describe the five schedules of controlled substances determined by the Controlled Substances Act. Give one example of a drug classified in each schedule.

Question 62

The 1988 Anti-Drug Abuse Act established severe penalties for trafficking marijuana and hashish.

Question 63

An advantage of the Controlled Substances Act is that it contains provisions for adding and rescheduling drugs.

Question 64

Valium is a Schedule IV drug.

Question 65

One concern regarding the use of radioimmunoassay testing on hair strands is that individuals may test positively for marijuana simply from being around marijuana smokers.

Question 66

Although illicit drugs have often been used for medicinal purposes, it is very rare for drugs that are developed for medical reasons to be used in nonmedicinal ways.

Question 67

Describe the Opium Wars. What caused them? Who fought them? What were the results?

Question 68

Briefly describe the targets and effects of the following:
a) The San Francisco Ordinance
b) Pure Food and Drug Act
c) Harrison Narcotics Tax Act
d) Marijuana Tax Act

Question 69

According to the Controlled Substances Act, the maximum penalty for a first offense for possession is greater for a Schedule I drug than for a Schedule V drug.

Question 70

There had been no legislative attention to treatment of drug abuse until the 1980s.

Question 71

The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 outlawed the use of marijuana.

Question 72

The Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 added Schedule VI to the Schedules of Controlled Substances, encompassing the newly developed synthetic drugs such as bath salts.

Question 73

One advantage of drug testing using radioimmunoassay procedures on hair samples is its reliability.

Question 74

Drugs with little or no abuse or dependence potential are not classified in the 1970 Controlled Substances Act.

Question 75

Recent Supreme Court decisions have placed in doubt the constitutionality of random drug testing in the nation's
schools.

Question 76

One problem with the Controlled Substances Analogue Enforcement Act of 1986 is that the so-called "designer drugs" are still unclassifiable.

Question 77

The Drug Abuse Control Amendment of 1965 regulated several non-narcotic drugs.

Question 78

What were the positive and negative outcomes of Prohibition? Why did it fail?

Question 79

The more restrictive a drug law is, the more effective it is likely to be in the long run.

Question 80

The addictive properties of opiates were first recognized in the 1870s.