Deck 4: The Illicit Drug Trade

Question 1

The hiding of drug revenues is an essential component of the illicit drug trade, since profits are earned without paying taxes on those earnings.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Most large urban areas have sections of town that are known as drug distribution areas or:

A)Hamsterdam
B)safe zones
C)copping areas
D)pilfering areas

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Where does America's cocaine supply almost exclusively originate?

A)Canada
B)United States
C)China
D)South America

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Joaquín Guzmán, known as El Chapo, was a Mexican drug lord who led which one of the world's largest and most active criminal organizations?

A)Sinaloa Cartel
B)Medellín Cartel
C)Juarez Cartel
D)Rio Grande Cartel

Question 5

Due to the developed efforts of drug control authorities, drug trafficking operations are merely moved to other weaker jurisdictions. Which term best describes this?

A)balloon effect
B)demand elasticity
C)copping areas
D)diffusion

Question 6

Stan is a drug dealer from Wheeling, WV. He regularly sets up business at his residence on 14th Street, where he deals only to relatives, friends, and associates. In order to secure drugs from Stan, buyers contact him via cellphone and set up a drop. This is an example of what kind of drug market?

A)open-air market
B)closed market
C)open market
D)tight-knit market

Question 7

The world's largest heroin market can be found in what part of the world?

A)Western Europe
B)Southern United States
C)Western Asia
D)Northern Africa

Question 8

Mexican cartels use which method most often to smuggle drugs into the United States?

A)air
B)tunnels
C)over land
D)water

Question 9

One of the factors enabling the recent involvement of Mexican meth laboratories is the crucial ingredient:

A)ephedrine
B)acetone
C)toluene
D)sodium hydroxide

Question 10

The _____________ refers to large shipments of drugs that are transported from their point of origin to their destination.

A)illicit drug-trafficking chain
B)diffusion chain
C)distribution chain
D)merchandise chain

Question 11

Heroin sent from Afghanistan to Western Europe travels through Pakistan, Turkey, and the countries in Southeast Europe known as the:

A)Andes Route
B)Poppy Route
C)Hindi Route
D)Balkan Route

Question 12

Just after the collapse of the French Connection, this country emerged as a major heroin supplier.

A)United States
B)Spain
C)Peru
D)Mexico

Question 13

According to the text, which of the following would probably not be chosen as a "copping area"?

A)truck stop
B)park
C)grocery store
D)home in an affluent area

Question 14

Approximately how long does it take to convert raw opium into powdered heroin?

A)3 days
B)7 days
C)10 days
D)14 days

Question 15

According to Shannon's account in her book Desperados, the Mexican government's involvement in narcotics is second only to that of the government in ___________.

A)Panama
B)Chile
C)Peru
D)United States

Question 16

While many markets exist, most of the cocaine conusmed in the United States originated from what country?

A)Colombia
B)Peru
C)Bolivia
D)Chile

Question 17

What happens to the price of drugs with each stage of the distribution cycle?

A)prices increase
B)prices decrease
C)prices remain steady
D)price become irrelevant

Question 18

The Knapp Commission was responsible for shedding light on drug corruption in what U.S. police department?

A)New York City
B)New Orleans
C)Chicago
D)Charleston, SC

Question 19

An open market has advantages for both buyers and sellers.

Question 20

Drug dealing in open-air markets generates or contributes to a wide range of
social disorder and drug-related crime in the surrounding community that can
have a marked effect on the local residents' quality of life.

Question 21

Heroin is the most widely consumed illicit opiate in the world.

Question 22

While the media has attempted to find a correlation between prescription pain pill abuse and later heroin use, no viable research has found a correlation between the two.

Question 23

Manufacture of ecstasy has decreased in North America and in several parts of Asia due to stricter penalties.

Question 24

The Arellano-Félix organization (AFO) was one of the most aggressive of the Mexican trafficking groups.

Question 25

Because of the rising popularity of methamphetamine in the United States, many Mexican cartels have started trafficking it, especially in the southwestern United States.

Question 26

Methamphetamine labs were traditionally the domain of outlaw motorcycle gangs until the rise of Mexican cartels forced dominance into the production and distribution of the drug in the United States.

Question 27

Levels of cocaine use in the United States have increased steadily since the early 1990s.

Question 28

Which of the following is false in regard to cocaine use worldwide?

A)United States citizens consume more than 60% of the world's cocaine.
B)Cocaine consumption has decreased in the United States since 1990.
C)Cocaine is much cheaper and used less often in European nations.
D)Latin American cocaine use has skyrocketed over the last decade.

Question 29

Which country leads the world in opium production?

A)Afghanistan
B)China
C)United States
D)Mexico

Question 30

Which of the following is false in regard to the United States-backed war on cocaine in Columbia?

A)the war resulted in the death of key cartel figure Pablo Escobar
B)criminal organizations trafficking cocaine gradually shifted northward from Colombia to Mexico
C)paramilitary militias seized the opportunity to take control of coca cultivation and processing throughout rural Colombia
D)the war resulted in the birth of the Medellín Cartel, one of the most violent in history

Question 31

This term refers to the relationship between the change in the use of an item and the price of that item.

A)demand elasticity
B)displacement
C)diffusion
D)balloon effect

Question 32

Those individuals who locate potential customers for dealers are referred to as:

A)steerers
B)pilots
C)navigators
D)handlers

Question 33

Which of the following is a problem associated with drug dealing in open-air markets?

A)traffic congestion
B)prostitution
C)vandalism
D)all of the above

Question 34

The majority of cocaine smuggled into European nations is done so through which method?

A)land
B)sea
C)air
D)none of the above