Exam 11: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking

In 1901,which act was enacted by Congress to prohibit the sale of alcohol and opium to "aboriginal tribes and uncivilized races"?​

Which act provided that persons in the business of dealing in drugs covered by the act-including opium derivatives and cocaine-were required to register yearly and to pay a special annual tax of $1?​

Which individual was in charge of upholding and enforcing the Harrison Act?​

Which country is the source of "black tar" or brown heroin that gained a foothold in the American drug market after the demise of the "French Connection"?​

Most of the heroin smuggled into the United States originates in all of the following,except for:​

Which drug is usually imported from the Middle East and contains the drug-rich resinous secretions of the cannabis plant,which are collected,dried,and then compressed into a variety of forms-balls,cakes,or sheets?​

Early antidrug laws in the United States were often the result of ______________.

The earliest "war against drugs" in the United States was in response to which drug?​

Which country is now considered to be the world's second largest producer of opium and accounts for about 90 percent of the total heroin production of the Golden Triangle?​

At the turn of the twentieth century,diacetylmorphine was synthesized,creating which most powerful opiate,marketed as a nonhabit-forming analgesic to take the place of morphine?​

Explain marijuana legislation and the influences of such legislation.

Which drug is an alkaloid found in the leaves of two species of shrub that grow in parts of Colombia,Bolivia,Ecuador,and Peru?​

The central role that the Golden Triangle played in the heroin trade has been significantly diminished,in part because of economic pressure from which country?​

Trace the historic relationship between the British,China,and opium.

Which area of Southwest Asia which includes parts of Iran,Afghanistan,and Pakistan,has a limestone-rich soil,a climate and altitude ideal for poppy cultivation,and a ready supply of cheap labor for the intensive production of opium?​

Israeli syndicates are reputed to be the source of U.S.distribution of methamphetamine.

Which area of Southeast Asia,encompassing approximately 150,000 square miles of forested highlands and including the western fringe of Laos,the four northern provinces of Thailand,and the northeastern parts of Burma,is responsible for a large percentage of the heroin that is smuggled into the United States?​

In which 1919 case was the use of taxing authority to regulate drugs upheld by the U.S.Supreme Court?​

In 1937,Congress passed the _______________,which put an end to lawful recreational use of marijuana throughout the U.S.

Cocaine causes the release of a natural substance,which prepares the body for "fight" or "flight," but the brain sends the message that everything is better than fine.Which natural substance is released?​