Deck 16: Drugs and Crime

Question 1

Which of the following is a direct cost of a burglary committed to support a drug habit?

A)The homeowner's lost wages from missed work time spent dealing with the aftermath of the burglary
B)The value of the time the homeowner spends at court
C)The value of the property stolen during the burglary
D)The mental stress resulting from the crime

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A ________ is a person who uses drugs relatively infrequently and in social contexts that define drug use as pleasurable.

A)part-time drug addict
B)recreational drug user
C)social drug user
D)physically dependent drug user

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What is the federal government's response to the legalization of medical marijuana by some states?

A)The White House drug czar has publicly stated that federal authorities will crack down on medical marijuana providers in states that have legalized medical marijuana.
B)The DEA is targeting marijuana dealers in states that have legalized medical marijuana.
C)The U.S.Supreme Court has overturned state laws legalizing medical marijuana.
D)The federal government is ignoring the issue.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Stealing prescription medicines for recreational use is known as

A)drug trafficking.
B)psychoactive control.
C)pharmaceutical diversion.
D)interdiction.

Question 5

Which of the following federal laws created federal drug courts?

A)The 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
B)The 1997 Drug-Free Communities Act
C)The 2016 Twenty-first Century Cures Act
D)The 1988 Anti-Drug Abuse Act

Question 6

A biologically-based craving for a specific drug that results from frequent use of the substance is known as ________ dependence.

A)psychological
B)psychosomatic
C)proactive
D)physical

Question 7

The most commonly used illicit drug is

A)cocaine.
B)heroin.
C)inhalants.
D)marijuana.

Question 8

Which of the following best typifies the public health generalist approach to drug policy in the U.S.?

A)Drug-control policies are necessary to prevent the collapse of public order.
B)All controlled substances are potentially harmful.
C)Drug policy must balance the social costs of drug abuse and the costs of enforcement.
D)Drug use is a form of defiance of lawful authority and threatens the social fabric.

Question 9

The ________ Act removed heroin from the list of medically useful substances and required pharmacies to remove all medicines containing heroin.

A)Boggs
B)Narcotic Control
C)Harrison
D)Analogue

Question 10

The Heroin Signature Program identifies the ________ of a heroin sample.

A)port of entry
B)source countries
C)distribution method
D)level of drug purity

Question 11

Cocaine users who speedball cocaine are mixing it with

A)LSD.
B)heroin.
C)marijuana.
D)MDMA.

Question 12

________ are synthetic psychoactive substances often found at "raves" and dance parties.

A)Recreational drugs
B)Psychoactive drugs
C)Curtilage drugs
D)Club drugs

Question 13

According to the Federal Controlled Substances Act,drugs that fall into ________ have no established medical usage and have great potential for abuse.

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

Question 14

The consumption of which psychoactive substance has been shown to commonly increase aggression?

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

Question 15

The ________ forms the basis of federal enforcement efforts today

A)Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act
B)Narcotics Control Act
C)Boggs Act
D)Anti-Drug Abuse Act

Question 16

The first major piece of federal antidrug legislation was the

A)Harrison Narcotics Act.
B)Narcotic Control Act.
C)Controlled Substances Act.
D)Marijuana Tax Act.

Question 17

Which of the following was not a provision of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988?

A)It created a new cabinet-level post of drug czar.
B)It denied student loans to convicted drug offenders.
C)It permitted capital punishment for drug-related murders.
D)It allowed areas to be designated as high-intensity drug-trafficking areas.

Question 18

During the 19th century,baby formulas containing ________ were fed to infants born to addicted mothers.

A)opium
B)heroin
C)cocaine
D)alcohol

Question 19

Illicit drug use tends to be most common among which age group?

A)12 to 17 year olds
B)18 to 25 year olds
C)26 to 35 year olds
D)35 to 40 year olds

Question 20

President Reagan created the cabinet-level position of ________ as part of his focus on the war on drugs.

A)drug general
B)drug kingpin
C)drug commandant
D)drug czar

Question 21

Psychoactive drugs do not have legitimate medical uses.

Question 22

The Harrison Act effectively eliminated legal access to heroin.

Question 23

Most psychoactive substances have been shown to increase aggression.

Question 24

Age is correlated with rates of current illicit drug use.

Question 25

Which of the following strategies substantially reduces the penalties associated with drug use but may not eliminate them entirely?

A)Decriminalization
B)Legalization
C)Interdiction
D)Drug court

Question 26

Which of the following is not one of the three dimensions of the direct costs of drug-related crime?

A)Economic losses due to organized criminal activities in support of the drug trade
B)Economic losses from crimes committed by drug users
C)Costs associated with drug transactions
D)The cost to the justice system of dealing with drug-dependent offenders

Question 27

Designer drugs are usually manufactured in concealed laboratories.

Question 28

Which strategy for attacking the drug problem may lead to greater long term problems including possibly increasing crime by keeping drug prices higher than they would otherwise be?

A)Drug courts
B)Interdiction
C)Strict law enforcement
D)Asset forfeiture

Question 29

What is the limitation model?

A)A program that eliminates the laws and criminal penalties associated with the production,sale,and possession of some but not all drugs
B)A program that redefines some illegal drug-related activities to make them ticketable rather than arrestable
C)A program that makes certain drugs legally available but places limits on who can distribute them
D)A program that reduces the severe mandatory sentences associated with various drug offenses

Question 30

Physical dependence is a biologically based craving for a specific drug that results from frequent use of the substance.

Question 31

Research studies have called into question the effectiveness of which anti-drug strategy?

A)School-based drug education
B)Drug courts
C)Asset forfeiture
D)International drug-control treaties

Question 32

Schedule V controlled substances are prescription drugs with a low potential for abuse.

Question 33

The total annual national cost of illicit drug use includes costs from all but which of the following areas?

A)The dollar losses incurred by victims of drug-related crimes
B)Justice system expenditures needed to deal with the consequences of illicit drug use
C)Lost productivity
D)Health care

Question 34

The number of women incarcerated for drug crimes is increasing at a faster rate than men.

Question 35

A U.S.Customs and Border Protection agent stationed at a major international airport seizes a large supply of cocaine found hidden in an airline passenger's baggage.This is an example of which drug-control strategy?

A)Forfeiture
B)Interdiction
C)Crop control
D)Strict law enforcement

Question 36

Drugs refer specifically to bioactive or psychoactive chemical substances proscribed by law.

Question 37

Why is AIDS/HIV considered to be a cost associated with drug use?

A)People with AIDS/HIV are likely to become addicted to drugs as a result of contracting the disease.
B)Drug users who have AIDS/HIV are likely to deliberately infect others.
C)A large percentage of HIV infection is linked to intravenous drug use.
D)AIDS/HIV is not considered a cost associated with drug use.

Question 38

According to the Supreme Court,a police search of garbage for drug paraphernalia violates the Fourth Amendment right to privacy.

Question 39

Which anti-drug strategy authorizes the seizure of any illicit proceeds from crimes relating to illicit drugs?

A)Strict domestic enforcement
B)Interdiction
C)Crop control
D)Asset forfeiture

Question 40

The Anti-Drug Abuse Act forms the basis of federal enforcement efforts today.

Question 41

The two-market approach makes drugs legally available and removes criminal penalties.

Question 42

________ drug users use drugs relatively infrequently and primarily with friends.

Question 43

Drug traffickers tend to structure their transactions to be below $10,000 to avoid bank reporting requirements.

Question 44

The largest proportion of indirect costs comes from health care costs.

Question 45

Opium was brought to the United States by ________ immigrants.

Question 46

________ is the only psychoactive substance whose consumption has been shown to commonly increase aggression.

Question 47

Strict anti-drug enforcement measures do not appear to discourage widespread drug abuse.

Question 48

Crop control is a successful program by the U.S.government designed to control the foreign production of illegal drugs.

Question 49

Heroin is the most dangerous commonly-used drug in the United States.

Question 50

Offenders who participate in drug courts are less likely to be rearrested than offenders who go through traditional courts.

Question 51

The size of the U.S.international boundary makes interdiction efforts difficult.

Question 52

________ drugs like meth,MDMA,and GHB are created in clandestine laboratories.

Question 53

Legalization involves eliminating the laws and criminal penalties associated with the use or possession of a drug.

Question 54

The primary source of ketamine is pharmaceutical diversion.

Question 55

Because it was not considered a dangerous drug,marijuana was not included in the first federal antidrug legislation,the ________ Act.

Question 56

The Heroin Signature Program identifies the chemicals with which samples of pure heroin have been cut before they are sold on the street.

Question 57

Research suggests that the DARE program is one of the most effective mechanisms for preventing or reducing drug usage among juveniles

Question 58

Drug abuse shares many characteristics with ________ crimes such as gambling and prostitution.

Question 59

The ________ approach to current drug policy in the U.S.suggests that drug-control policies are necessary to prevent the collapse of public order and of society itself.

Question 60

The value of stolen property is a type of indirect cost.

Question 61

Known on the street as speed,or ice,________ is a stimulant drug that has strong effects on the central nervous system and may change how the brain functions.

Question 62

________ involves reducing the penalties associated with drug use but not eliminating them completely.

Question 63

________ are synthetic psychoactive substances often found at bars and "raves."

Question 64

________ involves the theft of prescription medicines for non-legitimate purposes.

Question 65

________ is the process drug dealers use to high the illicit source of their revenues by converting them into other assets.

Question 66

Match the term in the numbered column with the answer in the lettered column.

A)Increased penalties for recreational drug use and allowed areas to be designated as high-intensity drug-trafficking areas.
B)Created federal drug schedules and associated penalties.
C)Criminalized designer drugs.
D)Required patent medicines be properly and accurately labeled.
E)Removed heroin from the list of medically useful substances and made marijuana a federally prohibited controlled substance.
F)Created drug-free school zones and enhanced drug-control and drug-education programs in schools.
G)Required anyone dealing in narcotics to register with the federal government and pay an annual tax.
H)Restricted access to substances used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
I)Authorized the death penalty for federal offenders involved in large-scale drug trafficking and mandated life imprisonment for offenders convicted of three violent felonies or drug offenses.
Boggs Act

Question 67

Drug ________ involves the transporting,storage,importing,exporting,or sale of a controlled substance.

Question 68

________ allows for the seizure of anything of value derived from illegal enterprise.

Question 69

The most potent central nervous system stimulant of natural origin is ________.

Question 70

________ is a federal statute that allows for the federal seizure of assets derived from illegal enterprise.

Question 71

Match the term in the numbered column with the answer in the lettered column.

A)Increased penalties for recreational drug use and allowed areas to be designated as high-intensity drug-trafficking areas.
B)Created federal drug schedules and associated penalties.
C)Criminalized designer drugs.
D)Required patent medicines be properly and accurately labeled.
E)Removed heroin from the list of medically useful substances and made marijuana a federally prohibited controlled substance.
F)Created drug-free school zones and enhanced drug-control and drug-education programs in schools.
G)Required anyone dealing in narcotics to register with the federal government and pay an annual tax.
H)Restricted access to substances used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
I)Authorized the death penalty for federal offenders involved in large-scale drug trafficking and mandated life imprisonment for offenders convicted of three violent felonies or drug offenses.
Food and Drug Act

Question 72

The ________ model proposes making drugs legally available but limiting which professions and institutions can distribute the drugs.

Question 73

________ costs are costs that are immediately associated with drug crimes.

Question 74

Match the term in the numbered column with the answer in the lettered column.

A)Increased penalties for recreational drug use and allowed areas to be designated as high-intensity drug-trafficking areas.
B)Created federal drug schedules and associated penalties.
C)Criminalized designer drugs.
D)Required patent medicines be properly and accurately labeled.
E)Removed heroin from the list of medically useful substances and made marijuana a federally prohibited controlled substance.
F)Created drug-free school zones and enhanced drug-control and drug-education programs in schools.
G)Required anyone dealing in narcotics to register with the federal government and pay an annual tax.
H)Restricted access to substances used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
I)Authorized the death penalty for federal offenders involved in large-scale drug trafficking and mandated life imprisonment for offenders convicted of three violent felonies or drug offenses.
Anti-Drug Abuse Act

Question 75

Match the term in the numbered column with the answer in the lettered column.

A)Increased penalties for recreational drug use and allowed areas to be designated as high-intensity drug-trafficking areas.
B)Created federal drug schedules and associated penalties.
C)Criminalized designer drugs.
D)Required patent medicines be properly and accurately labeled.
E)Removed heroin from the list of medically useful substances and made marijuana a federally prohibited controlled substance.
F)Created drug-free school zones and enhanced drug-control and drug-education programs in schools.
G)Required anyone dealing in narcotics to register with the federal government and pay an annual tax.
H)Restricted access to substances used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
I)Authorized the death penalty for federal offenders involved in large-scale drug trafficking and mandated life imprisonment for offenders convicted of three violent felonies or drug offenses.
Analogue Act

Question 76

________,which is a derivative of opium,is becoming increasingly popular among younger users.

Question 77

Match the term in the numbered column with the answer in the lettered column.

A)Increased penalties for recreational drug use and allowed areas to be designated as high-intensity drug-trafficking areas.
B)Created federal drug schedules and associated penalties.
C)Criminalized designer drugs.
D)Required patent medicines be properly and accurately labeled.
E)Removed heroin from the list of medically useful substances and made marijuana a federally prohibited controlled substance.
F)Created drug-free school zones and enhanced drug-control and drug-education programs in schools.
G)Required anyone dealing in narcotics to register with the federal government and pay an annual tax.
H)Restricted access to substances used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
I)Authorized the death penalty for federal offenders involved in large-scale drug trafficking and mandated life imprisonment for offenders convicted of three violent felonies or drug offenses.
Harrison Act

Question 78

Match the term in the numbered column with the answer in the lettered column.

A)Increased penalties for recreational drug use and allowed areas to be designated as high-intensity drug-trafficking areas.
B)Created federal drug schedules and associated penalties.
C)Criminalized designer drugs.
D)Required patent medicines be properly and accurately labeled.
E)Removed heroin from the list of medically useful substances and made marijuana a federally prohibited controlled substance.
F)Created drug-free school zones and enhanced drug-control and drug-education programs in schools.
G)Required anyone dealing in narcotics to register with the federal government and pay an annual tax.
H)Restricted access to substances used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
I)Authorized the death penalty for federal offenders involved in large-scale drug trafficking and mandated life imprisonment for offenders convicted of three violent felonies or drug offenses.
Controlled Substances Act

Question 79

Destroying cultivated marijuana plants is an example of the ________ of drug control.

Question 80

________ involves intercepting drug traffic at the nation's borders.