Deck 4: The Sociologist Looks at Drug Use

Question 1

Taking Ambien via prescription to get to sleep is an example of:

A) illegal recreational use
B) legal recreational use
C) illegal instrumental use
D) legal instrumental use
E) none of the above

Answer 1

A

Question 2

In the United States,during the past half-dozen years,the abusive use of cocaine:

A) has increased
B) has decreased
C) has remained the same
D) has fluctuated wildly and randomly from year to year
E) remains completely unknown

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Since 2000,the use of the club drugs (Ecstasy,ketamine,Rohypnol,and GHB):

A) has increased
B) has decreased
C) has remained the same
D) has fluctuated wildly and randomly from year to year
E) remains completely unknown

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A Schedule I drug is one that the government defines as having:

A) medical utility and a low potential for abuse
B) no medical utility but a low potential for abuse
C) medical utility but a high potential for abuse
D) no medical utility and a high potential for abuse
E) none of the above

Question 5

Which of the following drugs was produced and first consumed during its transformative era?

A) peyote
B) heroin
C) LSD
D) barbital
E) none of the above

Question 6

Chronic,abusive cocaine and heroin use is most likely to:

A) be concentrated the inner cities.
B) take place in the suburbs.
C) take place in rural areas.
D) be randomly throughout the United States.
E) none of the above.

Question 7

Taking LSD to get high is an example of:

A) illegal recreational use
B) legal recreational use
C) illegal instrumental use
D) legal instrumental use
E) none of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a Schedule II drug at the federal level:

A) LSD
B) PCP
C) heroin
D) Prozac
E) none of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of a Schedule I drug at the federal level:

A) cocaine
B) morphine
C) marijuana
D) amphetamine
E) none of the above

Question 10

On a dose-for-dose basis,which of the following drugs causes the greatest amount of harm,including death by overdose?

A) cocaine
B) alcohol
C) marijuana
D) tobacco
E) heroin

Question 11

The history of drug use may be divided into the natural era,the transformative era,and the synthetic era.Which of the following drugs was produced and first consumed during its natural era?

A) heroin
B) cocaine
C) opium
D) morphine
E) none of the above

Question 12

Since 2000,the percentage of junior high school and high school students who use Ecstasy and the other club drugs has:

A) increased
B) decreased
C) remained stable
D) fluctuated wildly and randomly from year to year
E) none of the above

Question 13

Taking an amphetamine,without prescription,to cram all night for a final exam is an example of:

A) illegal recreational use
B) legal recreational use
C) illegal instrumental use
D) legal instrumental use
E) none of the above

Question 14

Humans began using mind-altering substances:

A) during prehistoric times tens of thousands of years ago
B) in ancient Egypt 4,000 years ago
C) in ancient Greece and Rome
D) in Europe during the Middle Ages
E) during the 1960s

Question 15

The proportion of tobacco smokers who use tobacco abusively and compulsively-that is,on a day-by-day,hour-by-hour basis,is:

A) none,or a minuscule proportion
B) a substantial minority-roughly a quarter of all smokers
C) roughly half
D) a substantial majority-roughly three-quarters of all smokers
E) all or nearly all

Question 16

Which of the following drug types is used recreationally on a widespread basis-that is,for the purpose of getting high-in significant numbers? The prescription that are drugs used for the purpose of:

A) alleviating depression.
B) elevating mood.
C) treating schizophrenia.
D) treating bipolar disorder.
E) sedation.

Question 17

Which of the following drugs was produced and first consumed by humans during its synthetic era?

A) LSD
B) psilocybin mushrooms
C) marijuana
D) cocaine
E) none of the above

Question 18

Drugs can be classified according to their legal status,and whether they are used instrumentally versus recreationally.An adult drinking alcohol to feel pleasant is an example of:

A) illegal recreational use
B) legal recreational use
C) illegal instrumental use
D) legal instrumental use
E) none of the above

Question 19

The use and abuse of the artificial narcotics (such as fentanyl and oxycodone)is most likely to:

A) be concentrated in the inner cities.
B) take place in the suburbs.
C) take place in rural areas.
D) be randomly distributed throughout the United States.
E) none of the above.

Question 20

The substance that causes the greatest total harm with respect to death and disease is:

A) tobacco
B) alcohol
C) heroin
D) cocaine
E) prescription drugs