Deck 3: Drug Policy

Question 1

Richard claims he was the first person to have his case heard in a drug treatment court in Canada. In what year would his case have been heard?

A) 1995
B) 1998
C) 2001
D) 2004

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Martin claims he was the first person to have his case heard in a drug treatment court in Canada. What city would this have taken place in?

A) Vancouver
B) Winnipeg
C) Toronto
D) Montreal

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In the early 1900s in Canada, what were the fears regarding opium connected to?

A) Large numbers of drug-related deaths
B) Family violence
C) Racial dislike against Chinese immigrants
D) Public use in saloons and night clubs

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following amounts represents the least amount of grams required to result in a potential dual offence under CDSA?

A) 25 grams
B) 30 grams
C) 35 grams
D) 40 grams

Question 5

Between 1969 and 1973, the Le Dain Commission produced four reports that recommended all of the following EXCEPT which one?

A) The gradual withdrawal of criminalization of illegal drugs.
B) That the possession of cannabis not be a crime.
C) The abolishment of imprisonment for possession of drugs.
D) Regulatory standards for the production and distribution of cocaine.

Question 6

Where are the offenses dealing with drug paraphernalia laws addressed in Canadian legislation?

A) Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
B) Criminal Code of Canada.
C) In both the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Criminal Code of Canada.
D) Narcotic Control Act.

Question 7

How has the omnibus Bill S-10, been otherwise termed?

A) Safe School and Communities Act
B) Safe Streets and Communities Act
C) Safe Streets and Prisons Act
D) Safe Prisons and Streets Act

Question 8

From the mid to late 1800s the Canadian government's primary financial concern was regarding which of the following?

A) Alcohol
B) Marijuana
C) Barbiturates
D) Opium

Question 9

In 1908, the Opium Act made it illegal to import, manufacture, sell or possess opium for nonmedical purposes. What prompted this action to be taken?

A) The smoking of opium would lead to high rates of lung cancer.
B) Opium use would outstrip the use of alcohol.
C) Smoking opium would corrupt the youth of the nation.
D) An increasing number of white people were smoking opium.

Question 10

In 1908, the Opium Act was enacted. Which of the following Canadian(s) initiated this legislation?

A) Dr. Le Dain
B) Mackenzie King
C) Euro-Canadian Society
D) Emily Murphy

Question 11

Which of the following describes the order in which Canada's drug legislation unfolded?

A) Opium Act; Opium and Drug Act; Narcotic Control Act; Patent Medicine Act
B) Opium Act; Opium and Drug Act; Patent Medicine Act; Food and Drugs Act
C) Opium Act; Patent Medicine Act; Opium and Drug Act; Narcotic Control Act
D) Opium Act; Patent Medicine Act, Opium and Drug Act; Prescription Drug Act

Question 12

In 1955, the Senate Special Committee on the Traffic of Narcotics in Canada was formed in response to the medical community's approach to drug addiction as a medical and social problem rather than as a criminal issue. What did committee's work result in?

A) A more compassionate view of addiction among members of the general public in Canada.
B) Pressure on law enforcement to be more tolerant of addiction.
C) The committee siding with law enforcement and enacting the Narcotic Control Act.
D) The committee being tied between members who wanted a medical model and those who did not.

Question 13

Under the CDSA it is an offence to seek or obtain a controlled substance from a medical practitioner without disclosing to that practitioner all other controlled substances obtained from other practitioners within the previous 30 days. What would be the maximum punishment for this offence?

A) Indictment is 1 years
B) Indictment is 3 years
C) Indictment is 7 years
D) Indictment is 10 years

Question 14

Which of the following was the first step toward federal drug regulation in Canada?

A) Controlled Substances Act
B) Pure Food and Drugs Act
C) Prescription Drug Act
D) Patent Medicine Act

Question 15

Which of the following is an offence under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act?

A) To obtain a controlled substance from a practitioner.
B) To obtain a controlled substance without a prescription.
C) To obtain a controlled substance without a license.
D) To obtain a controlled substance without revealing other controlled substances procured from other practitioners within a 30 day period.

Question 16

How is the synthetic drug LSD listed?

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

Question 17

Under the CSDA, the possession of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking would result in which of the following?

A) A summary conviction
B) An indictable offence
C) An indictable offence or a summary conviction
D) A criminal record

Question 18

Recently, patients that are being seen at the Centre for Pain Management in Halifax were being asked to do which of the following, in what some patients felt was against their rights?

A) Subject to a blood test.
B) Subject to a urinary toxicology.
C) Provide weekly sexual histories.
D) Provide DNA samples to the local police enforcement agency.

Question 19

Under the CSDA, the possession of less than 30 grams of cannabis or 1 gram of cannabis resin, would result in which of the following?

A) A summary conviction
B) An indictable offence
C) An indictable offence or a summary conviction
D) A criminal offence

Question 20

Although prior to 1908, opium was not viewed as a serious societal threat, which of the following was viewed to be a problematic health concern in Canada?

A) Alcohol and cocaine
B) Cocaine and tobacco
C) Heroin and cocaine
D) Tobacco and alcohol

Question 21

When a Federal Court judge in Vancouver issued an injunction against the government's plans to end the practice of grow-your-own medical marijuana what occurred?

A) It allowed the approximately 30,000 existing licenses for home-grown pot users/patients to continue growing their own.
B) It allowed for the continued use of medical marijuana, but the consumers had to buy "quality-controlled" marijuana from federally approved commercial producers.
C) It allowed the approximately 5,000 existing licenses for home-grown pot users/patients to continue growing their own.
D) It allowed the existing licences for home-grown pot users/patients to continue growing their own, but disallowed any further licences from going forward.

Question 22

Prior to 1928, Canada did not have regulations, federal or provincial, for governing the use of drugs.

Question 23

From a pharmacological perspective, the word narcotic can only be correctly used to label which of the following?

A) Marijuana
B) Cocaine
C) Morphine
D) Ecstasy

Question 24

In what year did Health Canada implement The Marihuana Medical Access Regulations?

A) 1995
B) 2001
C) 2005
D) 2010

Question 25

Approximately how many pharmaceutical products are available on the Canadian market?

A) Less than 10,000
B) Between 10,000-15,000
C) Less than 20,000
D) More than 20,000

Question 26

In which decade in Canada did the government establish regulations on investigating new drug applications?

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

Question 27

With respect to natural health products, which of the following statements represent the position Health Canada would state?

A) Health Canada is concerned only with ensuring their efficacy and safety, not their purity.
B) Health Canada is concerned only with ensuring their purity and safety, not their efficacy.
C) Health Canada is concerned only with ensuring their purity and efficacy, not their safety.
D) Health Canada is concerned with ensuring their purity, safety, and their efficacy.

Question 28

Beginning in which year in Canada did all natural products with associated claims of health benefits became subject to the regulations of the NHPD?

A) 1984
B) 1994
C) 2004
D) 2014

Question 29

Before a new drug is released into the Canadian market what does Health Canada's HPFB require?

A) A pricing comparison with competing drugs.
B) Proof that no adverse reactions will occur.
C) The manufacturer of the drug to file a NDS.
D) Personal testimony from patients who have tried the drug.

Question 30

With respect to regulating drugs in Canada, what is the responsibility of the provincial and territorial governmental bodies?

A) To oversee drug benefit programs for military personal.
B) To manage drug formularies.
C) To manage drug benefit programs for the RCMP.
D) To oversee drug benefit programs for Aboriginal Peoples.

Question 31

In which year did Bill S-10 received Royal Assent and became law in Canada?

A) 2011
B) 2012
C) 2013
D) 2014

Question 32

Since the inception of the Marihuana Medical Access Program (MMAP), stakeholder concerns have grown. All of the following have been raised EXCEPT which one?

A) Potential for diversion of marijuana to illicit markets due to limited security requirements.
B) Increase potential for overdoes caused due to polysubstance use.
C) Risk of violent home invasion by criminals attempting to steal marijuana.
D) Creation of fire hazards resulting from faulty or overloaded electricity installations used to support marijuana cultivation.

Question 33

Which of the following cases brought about the monumental legal decision that invalidated the marijuana prohibition under the CDSA?

A) R. v Emery
B) R. v Jackson
C) R. v Parker
D) R. v Smith

Question 34

In 2004, Parliament passed the Jean Chretien Pledge to Africa Act. According to this act what can governments of WTO member countries grant?

A) A compulsory license for a generic medication, therapeutically equivalent to a brand name drug, without the consent of the patent holder.
B) Protection for pharmaceutical companies that would allow them sole license to market their drug on a worldwide basis.
C) Non-member countries the right to access free drugs if they need them.
D) Extended protection of patented medicines that are in demand worldwide.

Question 35

Before what year in Canada were natural health products sold as either drugs or food under the Food and Drugs Act?

A) 1990
B) 1995
C) 2000
D) 2004

Question 36

The amendments in Bill C-10 prescribe mandatory prison terms for offences related to drugs listed which of the following?

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

Question 37

All of the following represent disorders that would allow legal access to marijuana under The Marihuana Medical Access Regulations EXCEPT which one?

A) Multiple sclerosis
B) Nausea due to HIV/AIDS
C) Anorexia
D) Diagnosed anxiety disorder

Question 38

In which decade did officials at Health Canada become concerned with a rapidly growing market in natural health products (NHPs)?

A) 1970s
B) 1980s
C) 1990s
D) 2000s

Question 39

Pharmaceutical sales in Canada account what percent of the global market?

A) 1%
B) 2%
C) 3%
D) More 4%

Question 40

What does the four phase process to approve drugs for use in Canada include?

A) Phase one: testing on animals.
B) Phases three and four: testing that occurs after approval.
C) Phase three: testing that takes place with healthy volunteers.
D) Phase four: testing that occurs after approval.

Question 41

In Canada Bill C-22 provides for a 20 year protection period for drug manufacturers beginning on the date that the patent is filed.

Question 42

When did the Le Dain Commission take place, and what was the outcome?

Question 43

In, Canada Phase I testing of drugs is conducted using animal subjects only.

Question 44

Describe the Patent Medicine Act of 1909.

Question 45

On July 30, 2001, Health Canada implemented the MMAR, which clearly articulated the process through which access to marijuana for medical purposes was permitted.

Question 46

With the Royal Assent for Bill S-10 mandatory minimum jail sentences for marijuana offences became law.

Question 47

A former Winnipeg police officer, a member of the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Stated if police are suggesting tickets for possession less than 30 grams ( called a common offence) then prohibition should take place altogether.

Question 48

The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) replaced the Narcotic Control Act and Parts III and IV of the Food and Drugs Act.

Question 49

The Food and Drug Act and Regulations drug manufacturers must prove that their drugs were an effective treatment for some diseases.

Question 50

Any person wishing to use marijuana for medicinal purposes in Canada under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations, must provide a declaration from a medical practitioner.

Question 51

Drug regulations in Canada were not driven by concerns for the health of its citizens but it had more to do with public fear of Chinese and Japanese immigrants.

Question 52

The history of introducing new drugs into the marketplace in Canada can be traced back to the 1940s.

Question 53

In 1908, John A MacDonald travelled to British Columbia to gather information pertaining to the 1907 labour demonstrations and riots and the opium dens.

Question 54

Winnipeg was the first city in Canada to implement a drug treatment court.

Question 55

World Trade Organization countries may grant compulsory licensing to produce and sell generic drugs, which are therapeutically equivalent to their patented counterpart, under certain conditions.

Question 56

Canada is ranked 5^th in the world for its pharmaceutical sales.

Question 57

If you are seeking to live in a country where Marijuana has received approval as a therapeutic drug you will find that Mexico is the only country that does.

Question 58

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled the law prohibiting marijuana possession a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it did not take users of medical marijuana into account.

Question 59

Describe the scope of Sentencing under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA).

Question 60

The sale and use of alcohol and tobacco is only subject to provincial/territorial legislation.

Question 61

Describe the Natural Health Products standards in Canada.

Question 62

Give a brief description of the internet activity between Canada and the United States as it relates to pharmaceuticals.

Question 63

Describe when the Canadian Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR) was enacted and its primary purpose.

Question 64

How does the Food and Drug Act and Regulations describe a drug?

Question 65

What was one of the primary changes resulting from the enactment of Bill C-10?

Question 66

Describe the criteria and defining differences between Category 1 and 2 of the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR).

Question 67

Give a brief description of the process required in Canada for a pharmaceutical company to test a new drug on humans and later to market a new prescription drug.

Question 68

There are two categories under which Canadians can apply for medical marijuana under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations. Explain the categories.

Question 69

Describe The Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties.

Question 70

Describe the main reason an interest was generated to create The Opium Act of 1908.

Question 71

Identify what Canadian legislation addresses Drug Paraphernalia Laws, and what is the scope of penalties.

Question 72

Describe Bill S-10, and the areas that highlight serious crime.

Question 73

Why in the 1990s, did officials at Health Canada become concerned with a rapidly growing market in natural health products (NHPs)?