Deck 12: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking

Question 1

eroin and methamphetamine are usually brokered in:

A) Thailand
B) Myanmar
C) The Philippines
D) Mexico

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The American response to drugs in the twentieth century was directly related to international affairs and trade with:

A) Afghanistan
B) Pakistan
C) Japan
D) China

Answer 2

D

Question 3

hich of the following was an issue in the 19ᵗʰ century Opium Wars?

A) balance of trade
B) tea
C) opium
D) all of these

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In 1919, the use of taxing authority to regulate drugs was upheld by the U.S. upreme Court in:

A) Gregg v. Georgia
B) Worchester v. Georgia
C) United States v. Doremus
D) Pray v. State

Question 5

In 1887, Congress responded to obligations imposed on the United States by a Chinese-American commercial treaty by banning the importation of _________ by Chinese subjects.

A) opium for smoking
B) marijuana
C) barbiturates
D) morphine

Question 6

ccording to Abadinsky, Pakistan has been a producer of opium for export since the earliest time of ___________ rule.

A) Muslim
B) British
C) Chinese
D) Taliban

Question 7

The ___________ provided that persons in the business of dealing in drugs covered by the act-including opium derivatives and cocaine-were required to register yearly and to pay a special annual tax of $1.

A) Native Races Act
B) Harrison Act
C) Thompson Act
D) Indigenous Act

Question 8

n the early 20ᵗʰ century, concern over federalism-constitutional limitations on the police powers of the central government-led Congress to use the ___________ of the federal government to respond to the problem of drug control.

A) postal authority
B) taxing authority
C) judicial authority
D) executive authority

Question 9

At the turn of the twentieth century, diacetylmorphine was synthesized, creating the most powerful of the opiates, __________, marketed as a nonhabit-forming analgesic to take the place of morphine.

A) heroin
B) morphium
C) marijuana
D) opium

Question 10

he ________ was in charge of upholding the Harrison Act.

A) Commissioner of Internal Revenue
B) The President of the United States
C) The State Treasurer
D) The Secretary of Defense

Question 11

Around the turn of the eighteenth century, a German pharmacist poured liquid ammonia over opium and obtained an alkaloid, a white powder that he found to be many times more powerful than opium. e named the substance:

A) heroin
B) morphium
C) marijuana
D) ecstasy

Question 12

he central role that the Golden Triangle played in the heroin trade has been significantly diminished, in part because of economic pressure from:

A) the United States
B) England
C) China
D) Colombia

Question 13

he ________ of Southeast Asia encompasses approximately 150,000 square miles of forested highlands, including the western fringe of Laos, the four northern provinces of Thailand, and the northeastern parts of Burma.

A) Golden Crescent
B) Golden Triangle
C) Golden Circle
D) Golden Moon

Question 14

hich of the following is the world's second largest producer of opium and accounts for about 90 percent of the total heroin production of the Golden Triangle?

A) Colombia
B) Japan
C) Myanmar
D) Afghanistan

Question 15

ost of the heroin smuggled into the United States originates in all of the following, except:

A) the Golden Triangle
B) the Golden Crescent
C) Mexico
D) Chechnya

Question 16

The earliest "war against drugs" in the United States was in response to:

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

Question 17

In 1901, Congress enacted the __________, which prohibited the sale of alcohol and opium to "aboriginal tribes and uncivilized races."

A) Native Races Act
B) Harrison Act
C) Thompson Act
D) Indigenous Act

Question 18

Opiates, including morphine and heroin, were readily available in the United States until:

A) 1900
B) 1910
C) 1914
D) 1929

Question 19

he ________ of Southwest Asia includes parts of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

A) Golden Crescent
B) Golden Triangle
C) Golden Circle
D) Golden Moon

Question 20

ccording to Abadinsky, drug barons base their operations in:

A) urban areas
B) remote safe havens
C) rural regions
D) all of these

Question 21

The poppy is native to Mexico.

Question 22

"Acid" is the common name for 3, 4-MethyleneDioxy-MethAmphetamine or MDMA, is a synthetic drug with a chemical structure similar to the stimulant methamphetamine and the hallucinogen mescaline.

Question 23

__________ was first synthesized in 1956 and found to be an effective surgical anesthetic, but with serious side effects, including violent behavior

A) methadone
B) barbiturates
C) methaqualone
D) PCP ("angel dust")

Question 24

In the 1960s, PCP became commercially available for use in veterinary medicine as an analgesic and anesthetic, but diversion to street use led the manufacturer to discontinue production in 1978.

Question 25

irst synthesized in 1887, _________ were introduced into clinical use in the 1930s

A) amphetamines
B) barbiturates
C) designer drugs
D) marijuana seeds

Question 26

The biggest influence on marijuana legislation has been racist attitudes against African Americans.

Question 27

Importation of heroin and cocaine involves a great risk of arrest.

Question 28

n ________, Congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act, which put an end to lawful recreational use of marijuana.

A) 1937
B) 1946
C) 1969
D) 1980

Question 29

he Opium Wars were fought in the 19ᵗʰ century.

Question 30

t the manufacturing and importation levels, the transnational drug business is concentrated among which of the following?

A) One family only..
B) Two families only.
C) A few people who head major trafficking organizations.
D) A large, fluctuating, and open-ended number of dealers.

Question 31

Cocaine has limited medical use.

Question 32

________ is an alkaloid found in significant quantities only in the leaves of two species of coca shrub.

A) Cocaine
B) Heroin
C) Marijuana
D) LSD

Question 33

or many decades, coca leaf was converted to cocaine base in ________, then smuggled by small aircraft or boat into Colombia where it was refined into cocaine in jungle laboratories.

A) Bolivia
B) Peru
C) Both a and b
D) None of these

Question 34

_______, which is usually imported from the Middle East, contains the drug-rich resinous secretions of the cannabis plant, which are collected, dried, and then compressed into a variety of forms-balls, cakes, or sheets.

A) Marijuana
B) Ecstasy
C) Hashish
D) Chocolate

Question 35

Barbiturates are used as sedatives for the treatment of insomnia.

Question 36

y 1998, _________ heroin accounted for more than 50 percent of the drug smuggled into the United States.

A) Colombian
B) Chinese
C) Mexican
D) Afghani

Question 37

hich nation's syndicates are reputed to be the primary source of U.S. istribution of the ecstasy drug?

A) Peruvian
B) Israeli
C) Mexican
D) Thai

Question 38

The organizers who arrange for the importation and wholesale distribution of heroin and cocaine typically avoid physical possession.

Question 39

Israeli syndicates are reputed to be the source of U.S. istribution of methamphetamine.

Question 40

________ is the source of "black tar" or brown heroin, which gained a foothold in the American drug market after the demise of the "French Connection."

A) Colombia
B) China
C) Mexico
D) Afghanistan

Question 41

The outlawing of __________ by the Chinese government led to the development of an organized underworld.

Question 42

The earliest "war against drugs" in the United States was in response to _________.

Question 43

Who was Reverend Brent, and what was his role in the prohibition of opium?

Question 44

In 1954, the ____________ Company announced that it had succeeded in creating a completely synthetic version of LSD.

Question 45

n the five years after the collapse of the French Connection, ___________ became the major source of U.S. eroin.

Question 46

Discuss the "Chinese Problem" and the American response.

Question 47

Who are the Kuomintang (KMT), and what was their role in the drug business?

Question 48

xplain marijuana legislation and the influences of such legislation.

Question 49

In an effort to increase American influence in China, and thus improve its trade position, the United States supported the anti-opium efforts of the ___________, a temperance organization.

Question 50

Discuss the United Wa State Army (USWA) and their role as organized criminals in the Golden Triangle.

Question 51

Trace the historic relationship between the British, China, and opium.

Question 52

What is the contemporary relationship between the Taliban and opium?

Question 53

The ___________ includes parts of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

Question 54

The __________ United Army is also known as the Mong Tai Army.

Question 55

Explain the process of distribution of heroin and cocaine.

Question 56

The___________ Act required people who sold drugs to register yearly and pay a special annual tax of $1.

Question 57

The _____________ of Southeast Asia encompasses approximately 150,000 square miles of forested highlands, including the western fringe of Laos, the four northern provinces of Thailand, and the northeastern parts of Myanmar.

Question 58

___________ workers were originally encouraged to emigrate to the United States in 1848 to labor in the gold mines, doing the dangerous work refused by most white men, such as blasting shafts, putting beams in place, and laying track lines in the mines.

Question 59

In what ways are the drug business and legitimate business similar?

Question 60

Discuss the Harrison Act and its ramifications.