Deck 12: Crimes Against Social Order and Morality: Alcohol and Drug Offenses

Question 1

What is the dominant factor that must predominate skill when determining whether or not an activity involves gambling?

A) money
B) profit
C) luck
D) ratio of the bet to the winnings

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following acts accounts for the most drug-related arrests?

A) manufacture of narcotics
B) sale of narcotics to juveniles
C) possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of drug paraphernalia with the intent to sell
D) possession of narcotics and possession of narcotics with the intent to sell

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Punishing an individual for driving with a blood alcohol level that is too high, regardless of whether his or her driving is affected, is punished as which of the following?

A) driving while intoxicated
B) driving while inebriated
C) driving under the influence
D) driving with an unlawful blood alcohol content

Answer 3

D

Question 4

An inebriated individual who causes an accident that results in death will be held liable for which of the following?

A) reckless driving
B) voluntary manslaughter
C) vehicular manslaughter
D) reckless manslaughter

Question 5

An activity or wagering that is prohibited under criminal law is known as ______.

A) gaming
B) gambling
C) profit sharing
D) deviant gaming

Question 6

______ can be manufactured with available over-the-counter drugs but requires the use of highly unstable chemicals.

A) Crystal meth
B) Crack cocaine
C) Powder cocaine
D) THC

Question 7

An estimated 120,000 individuals participate in this alternative approach that involves the treatment rather than punishment of nonviolent drug offenders:

A) compassionate rehabilitation
B) drug testing
C) drug forfeiture
D) drug courts

Question 8

Which of the following laws prohibits individuals convicted of drug possession from receiving financial aid?

A) Uniform Controlled Substances Act
B) Higher Education Act of 1998
C) Anti-Drug Education Act
D) Controlled Substances Act

Question 9

In the interest of public safety and welfare, in Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld which of the following governmental acts?

A) asset forfeiture
B) indiscriminate sentencing
C) drug testing
D) imposition of restitution for drug-related accidents

Question 10

Which of the following crimes is not deemed to be a crime against morality and social order?

A) alcoholism
B) simple assault
C) drugs
D) gambling

Question 11

Approximately ______ million American adults are addicted to alcohol or report that they drink to excess.

A) 10
B) 13
C) 18
D) 25

Question 12

Which court case confronted whether alcoholism is a disease and whether it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment to convict an individual for being intoxicated in public?

A) State v. Rea
B) Missouri v. McNeely
C) Powell v. Texas
D) Birchfield v. North Dakota

Question 13

______ prohibits an individual from driving an automobile while intoxicated.

A) DWI
B) DUI
C) DUBAL
D) HGN

Question 14

______ hold individuals liable for driving while their blood alcohol content level was too high, despite the fact that their driving may be unaffected.

A) DWI
B) DUI
C) DUBAL
D) HGN

Question 15

Lance was pulled over a police officer because he had broken taillight. As soon Lance rolled his window down, the officer noticed the smell of alcohol. The officer tested his blood alcohol level, but it was below the level of the states DUBAL. In this case, what can the officer do?

A) The officer cannot do anything about the alcohol-related matter.
B) The officer can charge Lance with DUI.
C) The officer can charge Lance with DWI.
D) The officer can let Lance go.

Question 16

Which court case held that a nonconsensual drawing of blood ordinarily requires a warrant other than in emergency circumstances?

A) State v. Sims
B) Missouri v. McNeely
C) State v. Owen
D) Birchfield v. North Dakota

Question 17

What are the two illicit drugs that attract the greatest number of users?

A) heroin and cocaine
B) marijuana and heroin
C) marijuana and cocaine
D) marijuana and controlled prescription drugs (CPDs)

Question 18

Which city's ordinance prohibiting the smoking of opium became the most important early antinarcotics law in the United States?

A) San Francisco
B) Los Angels
C) Seattle
D) Portland

Question 19

Which one of the following acts is known as Controlled Substances Act?

A) Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
B) Narcotics Control Act of 1956
C) the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937
D) the Boggs Act of 1951

Question 20

Under what act dose a group of experts formulate a set of "model laws" intended to guide state legislatures in addressing?

A) Anti-Drug Abuse Act
B) Narcotics Control Act of 1956
C) Uniform Controlled Substances Act
D) Controlled Substances Act

Question 21

State criminal statutes incorporate the knowingly or ______ mens rea requirement of federal law.

A) recklessly
B) intentionally
C) deliberately
D) irresponsibly

Question 22

Which of the following conditions is NOT a requirement of an actual possession for a defendant?

A) having knowledge of the narcotic's unlawful character
B) having more than the legal limit
C) exercising dominion and control over the object
D) knowing of the presence of the object

Question 23

Under the new mandatory minimum sentence in the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 and its 1988 amendments, 10-year mandatory minimum senesce is required if an individual was in a possession of ______.

A) 5 g of crack and 500 g of powder cocaine.
B) 28 g of crack and 500 g of powder cocaine.
C) 50 g of crack and 5,000 g of powder cocaine.
D) 280 g of crack and 5,000 g of powder cocaine

Question 24

Which of the following quantities are punishable by 5 years in prison under the federal law?

A) 10 g of heroin
B) 100 kg of marijuana
C) 50 g of powder cocaine
D) 100 g of methamphetamine

Question 25

As of 2018, ______ states and the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico recognize medical marijuana.

A) 13
B) 23
C) 33
D) 43

Question 26

Which U.S. President was a strong opponent of the legalization of medical or recreational marijuana?

A) Bill Clinton
B) George W. Bush
C) Barack Obama
D) Donald Trump

Question 27

Under the federal law, what type of sentence can be imposed if a defendant has been found guilty of manufacturing, importing, or distributing a controlled substance if the act was committed as part of a continuing criminal enterprise in those instances in which the defendant is a central leader; the quantity of the controlled substance is 6,000 kg or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of marijuana, or 60,000, or more marijuana plants?

A) fine
B) jail
C) prison
D) death

Question 28

______ percent of individuals imprisoned for marijuana possession have no history of violence.

A) Twenty
B) Fifty
C) Eighty
D) Ninty

Question 29

The penalties imposed to smuggling and distributing methamphetamine have ______.

A) decreased
B) been stable
C) increased
D) none of these

Question 30

The United States is described as being in an opioid epidemic with nearly ______ million Americans either addicted to pain killers or to street drugs.

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Question 31

Which one of the drugs can NOT be legally prescribed?

A) heroin
B) hydrocodone
C) oxycodone
D) opioid

Question 32

Which of the following type of forfeiture proceedings accounts the majority?

A) criminal forfeiture
B) civil forfeiture
C) assets forfeiture
D) none of these

Question 33

The Supreme Court has upheld ______ as a method for detecting and for deterring drug use among public employees and high school students.

A) random drug testing
B) panel drug testing
C) urine testing
D) breathalyzer testing

Question 34

Which court case resulted in which the government may not seize funds unconnected with criminal activity that a defendant requires in order to hire a lawyer?

A) United States v. Moore
B) Luis v. United States
C) Caplin & Drysdale Chartered v. United States
D) United States v. Ursery

Question 35

Which court case held that it was unconstitutional to strip search a student suspected of the unlawful possession of small amounts of a prescription drug?

A) Safford Unified School District v. Redding
B) Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton
C) Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls
D) National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab

Question 36

Studies indicate that individuals in the drug court program have ______ rates than individuals who are imprisoned for drug offenses and that drug court programs are less expensive than imprisonment.

A) lower recidivism
B) higher recidivism
C) lower relapse rate
D) high relapse rate

Question 37

Of the following groups, which one is not considered to be associated with drug courts?

A) judges
B) defense attorney
C) police officers
D) social workers

Question 38

Which of the following objectives is not associated with the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)?

A) to counter drug-related crime and violence
B) to combat domestic and international drug trafficking
C) to reduce illegal drug use and manufacturing
D) to target users of illegal drugs

Question 39

Upon receiving a driver's license, an individual is consenting to the administration of a urine or blood test or a breathalyzer test to determine his or her blood alcohol content.

Question 40

Any conviction for drug possession requires that the defendant be in actual possession of the drugs.

Question 41

Most states have established a .20% limit for blood alcohol content as the required blood alcohol level for proving DUBAL.

Question 42

Schedule V drugs have no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, but they have low potential for addiction.

Question 43

Mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses take into account the type and quantity of drugs in the defendant's possession.

Question 44

Like the standard required for a criminal conviction, the forfeiture of criminal assets is subject to a reasonable doubt standard.

Question 45

The U.S. Supreme Court has the power to restrict gambling across state lines by regulating interstate commerce.

Question 46

Individuals who participate in drug courts have been found to have lower recidivism rates than individuals who are imprisoned for drug offenses.

Question 47

The majority of Americans favor the legalization of marijuana.

Question 48

The key requirement for participation in drug courts that use the pretrial approach is that the offender must first plead guilty to a drug offense before entering a drug court program.

Question 49

Minors are prohibited from possessing or purchasing alcoholic beverages almost all states.

Question 50

All states have gradually increased the required blood alcohol level since1960s.

Question 51

Mandatory minimum drug sentence occurs when the state legislature provides judges with little discretion in sentencing and specifies that the offender is to receive a specific sentence.

Question 52

An individual who is inebriated and causes an accident that results in death will generally be held liable for vehicular manslaughter.

Question 53

The possession of narcotics and the possession of narcotics with the intent to sell are the drug offenses that account for most arrests.

Question 54

In recent years, many states and cities have decriminalized the possession of small amount of marijuana.

Question 55

Whites and African Americans use marijuana at comparable rates. However, whites are 3.7 times more likely to be arrested than African Americans.

Question 56

Oxycodone is a synthetic opioid developed as an anesthetic in surgery and to alleviate severe pain.

Question 57

There is no federal law that prohibits the possession of syringes.

Question 58

Under a public intoxication law, where is a public place?

Question 59

What are some of the methods used by the police to determine whether an individual is DUI?

Question 60

Distinguish the difference between actual possession and constructive possession.

Question 61

List all of the factors associated with when courts determine whether an individual possessed narcotics with the intent to distribute or possessed the narcotics for personal use.

Question 62

What are some of the existing arguments when considering amending the mandatory minimum narcotics laws?

Question 63

What is drug paraphernalia?

Question 64

Why do some commentators criticize the criminalization of drug paraphernalia?

Question 65

Why has assess forfeiture been criticized?

Question 66

What is the primary objective of drug courts?

Question 67

What are the differences between DWI, DUI, and DUBAL?

Question 68

What types of acts do state drug laws typically prohibit?

Question 69

What are the two approaches to drug courts?

Question 70

Crystal meth is a growing drug of choice for youth. Discuss how the law is attempting to regulate the manufacture of crystal meth.

Question 71

What is criminal forfeiture? Compare and contrast criminal forfeiture with civil forfeiture.