Deck 4: Drug Trafficking

Question 1

What is the definition of the following word:

-Heroin

Answer 1

A drug that is derived from the naturally occurring opiate extract from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants.

Question 2

What is the definition of the following word:
-Opium poppy.

Answer 2

A plant that is drought-resistant, thrives in many elevations and soil types, and can be grown year-round.

Question 3

What is the definition of the following word:

-Golden Crescent.

Answer 3

The countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.

Question 4

What is the definition of the following word:
-Golden Triangle.

Question 5

What is the definition of the following word:
-Cocaine.

Question 6

What is the definition of the following word:
-Illegal methamphetamine.

Question 7

What is the definition of the following word:
-Cannabis.

Question 8

Which of the following are commonly trafficked drugs?

A) Heroin
B) Cocaine
C) Methamphetamine
D) Cannabis
E) All of the above

Question 9

The following drug is derived from the naturally occurring opiate extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants.

A) Heroin
B) Cocaine
C) Methamphetamine
D) Cannabis

Question 10

The following drug is derived from the coca plant which grows in South America.

A) Heroin
B) Cocaine
C) Methamphetamine
D) Cannabis

Question 11

The following drug is generally encountered as an odorless, white, bitter-tasting powder that may also be found as pills, capsules, and crystals.

A) Heroin
B) Cocaine
C) Methamphetamine
D) Cannabis

Question 12

The following drug is a bushy plant indigenous to south and central Asia with flowers that produce tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a chemical that is psychoactive in human beings.

A) Heroin
B) Cocaine
C) Methamphetamine
D) Cannabis

Question 13

Heroin can be introduced to the body through...

A) sniffing.
B) smoking.
C) injecting.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 14

Which country is NOT part of The Golden Crescent?

A) Pakistan
B) India
C) Iran
D) Madagascar

Question 15

Which country is NOT part of The Golden Triangle?

A) Burma
B) Thailand
C) Laos
D) India

Question 16

What South American country is heroin commonly smuggled from into the United States?

A) Columbia
B) Brazil
C) Chile
D) Argentina

Question 17

What country is NOT one of the main producers of cocaine?

A) Peru
B) Bolivia
C) Columbia
D) Chile

Question 18

Stemming the flow of cocaine has been difficult for what reason?

A) Terrain
B) Ineffective Government
C) Organized Crime
D) All of the above

Question 19

Amphetamine-type stimulants are finding their way into…

A) Europe and North America.
B) Europe and Asia.
C) Asia and the Middle East.
D) Europe and the Middle East.

Question 20

Which is a reason why amphetamine-type stimulants have found such a receptive market in areas that do not have a history of recreational drug abuse?

A) Effects of globalization
B) Countries have attached severe criminal sentences to drug use and drug dealing
C) The effects of new forms of media
D) All are reasons ATS have found receptive markets

Question 21

Methamphetamine can be…

A) snorted.
B) taken orally.
C) smoked.
D) injected.
E) All of the above

Question 22

In 2010, Iran dismantled how many methamphetamine labs?

A) 70
B) 166
C) 200
D) 350

Question 23

What drug is produced in the Middle East, primarily in Syria and is reported to be responsible for the funding of weapons used in the Syrian Conflict?

A) Cocaine
B) Heroin
C) Cannabis
D) Captagon

Question 24

What drug has been used for making ropes and clothing?

A) Cannabis
B) Heroin
C) Cocaine
D) Methamphetamine

Question 25

What drug comes from the flower that produces tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)?

A) Heroin
B) Cocaine
C) Cannabis
D) Captagon

Question 26

What drug can be cultivated very easily and grows nearly anywhere (indoors or outdoors)?

A) Heroin
B) Cannabis
C) Cocaine
D) All of the above

Question 27

What is the process from which hash is trafficked?

A) Producers grow; exporters gather the hash; smugglers move the hash over borders; importers receive the shipments
B) Exporters gather the hash; smugglers move the hash over borders; importers receive the shipments; producers grow the hash
C) Importers receive the shipments; exporters gather the hash; smugglers move the hash over borders; producers grow the hash
D) Smugglers move the hash over borders; producers grow the hash; exporters gather the hash; importers receive the shipment

Question 28

The trafficking of drugs, weapons, and other contraband is an international problem.

Question 29

Traffickers attempt to elude border authorities, and the potential for violence is remote for most of these activities.

Question 30

In the effort to stop international trafficking, the traffickers are loosing.

Question 31

Drugs can even be ordered from websites.

Question 32

Cocaine can be used for relief of chronic pain, post-surgical pain, and myocardial infarction.

Question 33

Iran serves as a market as well as a conduit for moving heroin to other parts of the world.

Question 34

It is difficult for countries such as Burma, Thailand, and Laos to address the problems of opium and heroin trafficking on their own.

Question 35

Heroin is becoming more profitable for cartels to smuggle.

Question 36

Cocaine rivals heroin in the amount of money that can be made by trafficking it into illicit markets.

Question 37

Coca in Peru and Bolivia has long been used by indigenous peoples and has cultural, religious, social, medicinal, and economic importance.

Question 38

South American cocaine is grown in remote and mountainous regions of the northwest quarter of the continent. This terrain makes it difficult to get to the growers.

Question 39

The United States and western European countries, have failed to seek the help of the source countries to destroy the cocaine in the fields.

Question 40

The governments of Columbia, Bolivia, and Peru operate in a fragile environment that make the cocaine problem problematic.

Question 41

Infiltrating organized crime that traffic cocaine is very easy for law enforcement.

Question 42

There is such a global demand for cocaine that any interventions attempted by government officials are quickly overwhelmed by the market forces of the drug trade.

Question 43

Amphetamine-type stimulants are headed for markets that are not always associated with the trafficking of cocaine and heroin.

Question 44

Traffickers prefer to work with methamphetamine because of its low labor and transport costs.

Question 45

Captagon is popular among fighters in the Syrian conflict because it can assist in dealing with pressures and strains of warfare.

Question 46

Hashish is the product made from the coca plant that involves isolating the plant's resin.

Question 47

Identify the countries that are within The Golden Triangle.

Question 48

Identify the countries that are within The Golden Crescent.

Question 49

What are the countries where cocaine is most prevalently produced?

Question 50

How much of the world's methamphetamine was coming from "super labs" in Mexico?

Question 51

Why have cocaine production and sales been so successful within South America?