Deck 2: Drug Use: Yesterday and Today

Question 1

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

Answer 1

B

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

B

Question 3

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

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

Answer 3

D

Question 4

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 5

___________ is a hallucinogenic drug derived from the cactus plant.

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

Question 6

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 7

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 8

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

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

Question 9

Who won the first Opium War?

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

Question 10

_____________ 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 11

The trees producing the coffee bean were native to __________.

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

Question 12

In what century did the Opium Wars occur?

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

Question 13

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

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

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

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

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

Question 16

The Second Opium War ended in the Treaty of __________.

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

Question 17

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 18

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

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

Question 19

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 20

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

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

Question 21

The 1960s was the era of __________.

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

Question 22

__________ were used in the 1930s to treat depression.

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

Question 23

The designer drug Rohypnol is commonly known as ___________.

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

Question 24

The 1950s was the era of ______________________________.

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

Question 25

The first report of solvent abuse was in _____________.

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

Question 26

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 27

The use of the stimulant khat is most common in __________.

A)Afghanistan
B)Peru
C)Somalia
D)China
E)India

Question 28

__________ 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 29

Heroin use was a significant concern in which war?

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

Question 30

The designer drug methcathinone is a synthetic form of _____________.

A)opium
B)khat
C)ecstasy
D)marijuana

Question 31

Ecstasy is also known as ______________.

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

Question 32

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 33

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

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

Question 34

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 35

Heroin was first developed in __________.

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

Question 36

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 37

____________ was named after the Greek god of sleep and dreams.

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

Question 38

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

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

Question 39

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 40

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 41

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

Question 42

__________ 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 43

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 44

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

Question 45

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 46

Cocaine is a ___________ drug.

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

Question 47

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

Question 48

Heroin has always been used primarily by lower socioeconomic groups.

Question 49

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 50

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 51

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 52

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

Question 53

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

Question 54

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

Question 55

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 56

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

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

Question 57

Solvent inhalant abuse is especially problematic among teenage males.

Question 58

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

Question 59

_____________ 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 60

Marijuana is a __________ drug.

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

Question 61

Valium is a Schedule IV drug.

Question 62

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

Question 63

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

Question 64

One of the most effective prevention approaches to the use of methamphetamines has been to highlight the cosmetic effects on appearance of methamphetamine use.

Question 65

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

Question 66

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 67

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

Question 68

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

Question 69

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

Question 70

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

Question 71

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

Question 72

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

Question 73

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