1. The substance use disorders are
a. the only medical conditions for which there are legal sanctions.
b. abarometerbywhichapolitician’scommitmenttothe“waroncrime”mightbemeasured.
c. a manifestation of criminal activity, not a medical condition.
d. limitedtoasmallsegmentofsociety;thus,suspensionofthisgroup’slegalrightsisjustified.
2. If you, as a politician, change the existing legal sanctions addressing illicit substance use or alcohol abuse, you may
be accused of
a. being irrational.
b. having a hidden substance use disorder of your own.
c. being soft on crime.
d. being out of touch with the realities of modern life.
3. President Richard M. Nixon believed
a. people above the age of 25 had little experience with marijuana and were uninterested in it.
b. people consumed alcohol because they liked its taste, not because of its intoxicating effects.
c. the apparent statistical correlation between those who abused marijuana and those who were protesting
against the conflict in Vietnam was a coincidence and not worth considering.
d. marijuana use disorders should be addressed through the medical system.
4. The first leg of the four-cornered response to the substance use disorders is the
a. destruction of transportation routes used to bring drugs into the U.S.
b. elimination of raw materials used to manufacture such chemicals.
c. application of legal sanctions against those who engage in the sale or use of illegal compounds.
d. referral of persons with substance use disorders to rehabilitation facilities.
5. At its height, the sale and distribution of illegal alcohol
a. employed about 18,000 people in an era when jobs were hard to come by.
b. producedjobsmainlyinthesoutheastwherethemanufactureof“shine”(moonshine)wascommon.
c. made up 5 percent of the gross national product of the U.S.
d. inhibited the growth of organized crime because there were so many amateur bootleggers and distributors at
work.
6. Successful efforts at interdiction
a. reduce drug availability and lower the potency of the product sold.
b. cause distributors to increase the potency of their product to retain customers and encourage others to sell
drugs.
c. encourage abusers to seek out that supplier; they reason that if he was arrested, he must have been selling a
potent product.
d. discourage others from attempting to sell alcohol or drugs in that location.
7. With the increased success of the interdiction of methamphetamine
a. “momandpop”laboratoriesbegantoappearacrossthecountry.
b. “momandpop”laboratoriesbegantoshutdownasabusersswitchedtootherdrugsofabuseanddemand
dropped.
c. “momandpop”laboratoriesbegantobereplacedby“superlabs”inothercountriesthatproducedhuge
amounts of methamphetamine, which was then smuggled into this country.
d. the demand for methamphetamine increased as casual users wanted to experiment with it.
8. Interdiction efforts
a. intercept the majority of the illicit drugs sent to this country.
b. intercept only a small percentage of the illicit drugs sent to this country.
c. result in a small number of low-level dealers being arrested while higher-level dealers escape.
d. produce widespread shortages of the targeted product.
9. Drug dealers, it has been claimed, are only interested in selling their product without consideration for the harm it
does. To combat this trend
a. the Drug Enforcement Administration has become just as cold and indifferent to the suffering forced on the
drug dealers.
b. stiff legal sanctions are only applied to middle to upper level drug dealers.
c. casual abusers are not charged with drug possession by the Drug Enforcement Administration if it is their first
offense.
d. constitutional rights are more strongly respected to avoid having arrestees escape charges because their rights
were violated.
10. The Boggs Act laws were passed on the assumption that
a. wearewinningthe“warondrugs.”
b. virtually all people believe we should execute convicted drug dealers.
c. it is possible to punish unacceptable behaviors out of existence.
d. mostpeoplewanttoenlisttheresourcesofthemilitarytohelpwinthe“warondrugs.”
11. The“ZeroTolerance”lawsofthe1980sallowedlawenforcementofficialstoseizeproperty
a. after it was proven drug profits had been used to purchase it.
b. if there was strong evidence to suggest it was somehow involved in the marketing or distribution of illicit
drugs.
c. if the person who owned it was proven to be a drug dealer.
d. on the mere suspicion drug profits were used to buy it.
12. As a result of abuses of zero tolerance statutes
a. some police departments have been known to rely on money and property seized under the forfeiture laws for
part of their operating budget each year.
b. independent audits have shown that these laws are virtually always used appropriately and never abused.
c. fewer drug dealers are using drug profits to buy property in the U.S.
d. illicit drug use in the U.S. has declined by 35 percent.
13. Research has shown that _______ of the money seized by federal authorities under the forfeiture laws comes from
people who are never indicted for a drug related offense.
a. 10 percent
b. 25 percent
c. 50 percent
d. 80 percent
14. Inspiteofadvocateclaimsthat“treatmentworks”
a. the addiction rehabilitation industry has failed to reduce recidivism by more than 10 percent.
b. the addiction rehabilitation industry has failed to meet expectations for helping people achieve long-term
abstinence.
c. the addiction rehabilitation industry has been found to cost more than it would to incarcerate rather than treat
individuals.
d. only those programs that include a 12-step component have been found effective.
15. The“warondrugs”hasbeenshowntobeadismalfailure,thoughyourtextclaims
a. there is still a strong belief it will work.
b. nobody wants to admit this in public.
c. for a few billion dollars more, we can win the war on drugs.
d. marijuana abuse by high school seniors is only 80 percent of what it was a decade ago.
16. The most dangerous compound sold in the United States is
a. heroin.
b. cocaine.
c. methamphetamine.
d. tobacco products.
17. Anotherunintendedconsequenceofthe“warondrugs”isthat
a. law enforcement agencies have become financially dependent on state and federal grants provided each year
tohelptheminthe“warondrugs.”
b. many states are now forced to spend almost as much money on new prison construction as they do on college
classroom construction/renovations.
c. communitiesfightagainstthepossibilityofhavinganewprisonbuiltthere,whichisareflectionofthe“notin
mybackyard”phenomenon.
d. communities have found the concentration of drugs in the hands of a few dealers has drawn large numbers of
drug abusers to those communities as they seek easy access to suppliers.
18. In 2001, Portugal revised the legal sanctions against illicit drug use so the consequences were in proportion to the
crimes. Since then, they found
a. the number of illicit drug users has remained about the same, and demand on the health care system has
stopped growing each year.
b. the quality of illicit drugs has dropped, since drug dealers no longer had to worry about customer loyalty in an
era when the consequences for use were lower.
c. there is a reduced demand on the health care system.
d. the number of illicit drugs being smuggled into the country appears to be about the same each year, although
interdiction is now easier.
19. Yourtextarguesthatthe“warondrugs”canalsobeviewedas
a. anattempttocontrolthemasspublicthroughthemedia’sportrayalofillicitdrugabusers.
b. a“war”onthosewhowishtoaltertheirconsciousnessinwaysdeemedinappropriatebythegovernment.
c. a conflict between those who want all drugs legalized, and those who wish to suppress the use of illicit
compounds.
d. a way to reduce the demand on the health care system.
20. In the minds of many, the medicalization of marijuana is
a. justified since medical research supports this use of marijuana.
b. the same as the legalization of marijuana.
c. appropriate for the reasons approved by the federal government.
d. an excuse to make all illicit drug use legal.
21. One theory is that if marijuana were to be legalized
a. it would lose its appeal as a drug of abuse since it would no longer be forbidden.
b. the government would save approximately $100 billion spent each year to suppress marijuana use.
c. there would be a decrease in marijuana-related deaths.
d. there would be a person on every street corner selling marijuana.
22. ​____ofthosewhobegintouseanillicitsubstancediscontinueitinthefirstyear.
a. ​Half
b. ​Athird
c. ​Nearlyall
d. ​Almostnone
23. ​TheUnitedStatesconsumesabout_____oftheworld’sillicitdrugs.
a. 66 percent
b. ​33percent
c. ​50percent
d. ​10percent
24. ​Followingthestartofprohibition,crimeincreasedby
a. ​200percent.
b. ​24percent.
c. ​5percent.
d. ​50percent.
25. ​Statutesallowingforcriminalprosecutionsforanyamountofanillegalsubstanceareknownas
a. ​mandatorysentencing.
b. ​toughoncrime.
c. ​crimereduction.
d. ​zerotolerance.
26. Discusssomeoftheunintendedconsequencesofthehistoricalperiodknownas”Prohibition.”​
27. Discusssomeoftheunintendedconsequencesoftoday’s”warondrugs.”​
28. Discuss the consequences of mandatory sentencing laws.
29. Discuss how the “war on drugs” might be considered a failure, even in how some of its “successes” may
unintentionally exacerbate the problem.
30. Trytosumuptherapidlyevolvingdebatesurroundingthelegalizationofmarijuana.​