Deck 2: History of Drug Use and Drug Legislation

Question 1

________________ were used to induce sleep, replacing other aids such as alcohol and opiates.

A) Amphetamine
B) Cocaine
C) Barbiturates
D) LSD

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Excessive labor costs and a low-potency gum yield caused opium's failure as a viable agricultural crop in ____________.

A) Italy
B) France
C) England
D) the United States

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The _______ was characterized by a lack of political interest in drug use.

A) 1960s
B) 1970s
C) 1980s
D) 1990s

Answer 3

D

Question 4

After Prohibition was repealed, the murder rate in the United States __________.

A) remained about the same
B) began to decline
C) rose slightly
D) rose dramatically

Question 5

The __________________ placed an exorbitant tax on cannabis-$100 an ounce- rather than prohibiting the substance outright.

A) Harrison Act
B) Pure Drug and Food Act
C) Harrison Narcotics Tax Act
D) Marijuana Tax Act

Question 6

During the 1960's the pendulum of drug policy began to shift away from a law enforcement model toward a __________________.

A) tough love
B) tough on crime
C) treatment
D) retribution

Question 7

Arab traders brought opium to __________ for use in medicine.

A) Greece
B) Rome
C) China
D) all of these

Question 8

The amendment that enacted Prohibition became effective in _________.

A) 1917
B) 1918
C) 1919
D) 1920

Question 9

Manufactured under the trade name ______________, in 1932 amphetamine was marketed as an inhalant

A) Benadryl
B) Benedrin
C) Benzedrine
D) Benzin

Question 10

Bonnie and Whitebread (1970) state that the most prominent influence in marijuana legislation was ______________.

A) the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act
B) race
C) the Pure Food and Drug Act
D) big business

Question 11

The earliest "war against drugs" (other than alcohol) in the United States was a response to __________.

A) cocaine
B) amphetamine
C) opium
D) LSD

Question 12

The ________________ of 1970 authorized HEW to increase its efforts at prevention and rehabilitation.

A) Comprehensive Drug Use Prevention and Control Act
B) Drug and Food Act
C) Harrison Act
D) HEW Drug Act

Question 13

The dramatic event that led to the adoption of the Pure Food and Drug Act was _______.

A) the importation of tainted meat from Mexico in 1901
B) the publication of Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle , in 1906
C) a contaminated supply of penicillin that resulted in the deaths of more than 200 soldiers in 1911
D) a report published by the U.S. Surgeon General in 1908 documenting the existence of widespread hygiene and sanitation problems in the food production industry

Question 14

The term opium is derived from the Greek word opion , meaning the ___________.

A) the juice of the poppy
B) the juice of the crop
C) the juice of wisdom
D) the juice of healing

Question 15

The __________ Act strengthened the amendment that enacted Prohibition.

A) Harrison
B) Tariff
C) Volstead
D) Pure Food and Drug

Question 16

The __________ Amendment initiated national prohibition.

A) Eighteenth
B) Nineteenth
C) Twentieth
D) Twenty-First

Question 17

Archeological evidence depicts opium use as early as ___________.

A) 1500 B.C.E .
B) 2100 B.C.E.
C) 2500 B.C.E.
D) 3500 B.C.E.

Question 18

Barbituric acid was first synthesized in _____________ in 1863 by Nobel Prize-winning chemist Adolf von Baeyer.

A) Russia
B) China
C) United States
D) Germany

Question 19

In 1961 California established a ______________ program in which drug addicts were taken into custody and committed .

A) drug court
B) detoxification
C) methadone
D) civil commitment

Question 20

During World War II, British, German, and Japanese governments issued ____________ to soldiers to elevate mood and to counteract fatigue and pain.

A) amphetamine
B) cocaine
C) barbiturates
D) LSD

Question 21

The Union Temperance Society, established in 1808, was the first organized effort to prohibit the use of alcohol in the United States.

Question 22

Opium use has been traced back to Egyptian religious rituals as early as 3500 B.C.E .

Question 23

__________ became the first state to vote for Prohibition.

A) Texas
B) New York
C) Mississippi
D) North Carolina

Question 24

______ was first prohibited by the Chinese government in Peking in 1729.

A) Marijuana
B) Opium
C) Heroin
D) Barbituates

Question 25

Concern with federalism led Congress to use the taxing authority of the federal government to control drugs.

Question 26

_______________ such as Miltown and Valium enabled millions of housewives to "get by with a little help from their friend" .

A) Amphetamine
B) Sedatives or tranquilizers
C) Barbiturates
D) LSD

Question 27

In ______, President Lyndon Johnson decried the fragmented approach to drug law enforcement.

A) 1966
B) 1967
C) 1968
D) 1969

Question 28

In the _________ concern increased over the diversion of dangerous drugs from licit sources.

A) 1940's
B) 1950's
C) 1960's
D) 1970's

Question 29

The Twentieth Amendment established Prohibition.

Question 30

_________________ became popular during the 1960s, particularly among rebellious college students and people who identified themselves as antiestablishment.

A) Hallucinogens
B) Barbiturates
C) Opiates
D) Depressants

Question 31

As the primary ingredient in many "patent medicines", ________ were readily available in the United States until 1914.

A) barbituates
B) marijuana plants
C) coca leaves
D) opiates

Question 32

The British opium monopoly in China was challenged in the ______ by opium imported from Persia and cultivated in China itself.

A) 1870s
B) 1880s
C) 1890s
D) 1910s

Question 33

The issue of drug ______ is politically safe and useful because by definition no one is in favor of it.

A) abuse
B) use
C) sales
D) manufacturing

Question 34

LSD arrived in the United States from Europe in 1949 for experimental use in treating _____________________.

A) co-occurring disorders
B) physiological disorders
C) psychiatric disorders
D) learning disabilities

Question 35

The 1906 publication of Upton Sinclair's __________ led to the adoption of the Pure Food and Drug Act.

A) The Shelter
B) The Jungle
C) The River
D) The Plateau

Question 36

The earliest "war on drugs" in the United States was a response to opium.

Question 37

By the ______, morphine tablets and a variety of morphine products were readily available without prescription.

A) 1850s
B) 1870s
C) 1890s
D) 1910s

Question 38

In the 1830s, ______ shippers grew bolder and entered Chinese territorial waters with their opium cargo.

A) French
B) Italian
C) British
D) American

Question 39

The Harrison Act required any person in the business of dealing in drugs covered by the act was required to register annually and pay a special annual tax of ______.

A) $4
B) $3
C) $2
D) $1

Question 40

A 1973 reorganization plan led to the creation of the ________within the Department of Justice.

A) Border Patrol
B) Marshall's Service
C) Federal Bureau of Investigation
D) Drug Enforcement Agency

Question 41

U.S. Surgeon General Upton Sinclair opposed adoption of the Pure Food and Drug Act, asserting that it was grossly inadequate because it failed to specifically ban opiates.

Question 42

The __________ Narcotics Tax Act imposed a $1 special tax on those involved in the business of dealing drugs.

Question 43

Public attitudes toward ____________ changed with the emergence of a nonconformist counterculture during the 1960s.

Question 44

The _________________ view differs from the modern alcoholism movement in that it maintained that alcohol is inevitably dangerous for everyone .

Question 45

Discuss the connection between amphetamine and the military.

Question 46

LSD was virtually unknown before 1962 when popularized by two Harvard psychologists.

Question 47

The first major wave of _______________ use appeared when American servicemen in Korea and Japan mixed the substance with heroin to create "speedball" .

Question 48

Discuss the adoption and repeal of Prohibition.

Question 49

During the late 1980s the smokable crystal methamphetamine called __________ appeared on the drug scene.

Question 50

Medical use of hallucinogens has been largely replaced by benzodiazepines.

Question 51

Leary popularized the use of ________, and as a result of his Harvard connection, LSD gained the attention of the mass media.

Question 52

The twenty-first century has been characterized by a rise in the use of _____________ in rural parts.

Question 53

Discuss why political interest in drugs subsided during the 1990's.

Question 54

__________ were widely prescribed in the United States during the 1930s, when their toxic effects were not fully understood.

Question 55

In the 20^th century the use of methamphetamine increased, with new supplies coming from Mexico.

Question 56

Explain the First and Second Opium Wars.

Question 57

Explain how the emergence of a nonconformist counterculture in the 1960s affected drug use in the U.S.

Question 58

In 1980 the Food and Drug Administration required _____________ to be labeled as generally not appropriate for anxiety or tension associated with the stress of everyday life.

Question 59

In 2012, medical marijuana and the legalization of marijuana became political issues.

Question 60

The word __________ is derived from a Spanish term for any substance that produces intoxication.