Deck 36: The Relationship Between Drug Use and Crime

Question 1

A kilogram of cocaine produced in South America and sold for $1,000 would retail for about in the United States when packaged for sale to individual abusers.

A) $10,000
B) $500,000
C) $100,000
D) $250,000

Answer 1

$100,000

Question 2

Before a compound can be classified as illegal

A) the Food and Drug Administration must consider its medicinal value.
B) chemists must tease out the exact chemical structure of that compound to allow the exact compound to be outlawed.
C) it must have caused at least one death, either from overdose or from its toxic effects.
D) the distribution network must be identified as involving at least one group that is not made up of licensed pharmacologists or chemists.

Answer 2

chemists must tease out the exact chemical structure of that compound to allow the exact compound to be outlawed.

Question 3

As a result of the process of adulteration that takes place at each step in the production process, the $90 paid to the farmer for a kilogram of raw opium is multiplied by a factor of by the time the narcotic produced from that opium is marketed on the street.

A) 500
B) 1,000
C) 1,600
D) 10

Answer 3

1,600

Question 4

The efforts to interdict supplies of illicit drugs around the world in the last part of the 20th century have resulted in

A) the availability of such compounds remaining about the same as before.
B) a slight decrease in the availability of illicit drugs in the last decade.
C) an increase in the availability of illicit drugs in the past decade.
D) no major change in methods of drug transport for high level drug dealers who provide illicit drugs for local consumption.

Question 5

All it takes to make a "new" drug from an existing compound is the removal or addition of

A) a single molecule.
B) a hydroxyl chain.
C) an adulterant.
D) carbon atoms to the core structure.

Question 6

Globally, an estimated farmers are devoted to the production of illegal substances on a full time basis.

A) 1 million
B) 10 million
C) 4 million
D) 17 million

Question 7

Your text suggests that approximately of any unit of cocaine is really just adulterants.

A) one-half
B) one-quarter
C) one-third
D) two-thirds

Question 8

According to your text, there are known analogs of the MDMA molecule.

A) 650
B) 375
C) 184
D) 78

Question 9

Juvenile delinquency, which has long been thought to be a result of illicit drug use, usually

A) develops at the same age that illicit drug use does.
B) precedes the development of illicit drug use.
C) does not appear to be related to illicit drug use at all.
D) develops after the initiation of illicit drug use.

Question 10

The addition of one or more molecules to the molecular chain of an existing drug produces

A) a toxin.
B) a new compound that is less potent than the original drug.
C) a compound that binds at different receptor sites than the original drug.
D) an analog of the original compound.

Question 11

Elliott suggested that both delinquency and illicit drug use

A) reflect the breakdown of traditional social restraints.
B) are a reaction to the strict enforcement of social restraints.
C) are a way to assert independence in the face of strict social constraints.
D) reflect a common genetic predisposition.

Question 12

GHB will cause seizures when used concurrently with

A) alcohol.
B) methamphetamine.
C) marijuana.
D) protease inhibitors.

Question 13

The ketamine sold by illicit drug dealers

A) is usually manufactured in small "mom and pop" laboratories.
B) is usually manufactured by large cartels in "superlabs."
C) is usually diverted from legal markets.
D) usually has a slightly different chemical structure than the pharmaceutical form of the same compound.

Question 14

Pharmacological violence is

A) inhibited by the drugs of abuse.
B) initiated or exacerbated by the drug's effects.
C) an example of how drugs are blamed for the individual's behavior.
D) criminal activity committed to support the cost of one's addiction.

Question 15

Adulterants are added to illicit drugs to

A) lower costs for the producer.
B) increase profits for the distributor.
C) maintain constant drug purity levels.
D) make the adulterated drugs less attractive to rival drug dealers who might attempt to steal them.

Question 16

One known analog of the amphetamine molecule is

A) PCP.
B) MDMA.
C) ketamine.
D) K-2.

Question 17

The least likely scenario in the world of illicit drugs is that of

A) finding drugs that are not adulterated.
B) having others prey on the addict because they are vulnerable.
C) having to worry about possible assault from dealers.
D) overdosing on illicit drugs.

Question 18

The national prohibition against most of the drugs of abuse means that abusers are

A) limited to inner-city minority group members.
B) criminals if they abuse a prohibited substance.
C) usually forgiven for any crimes committed if they are rural, older males.
D) affirming their 8th amendment rights.

Question 19

Approximately of sexual assaults are carried out by men who have ingested alcohol prior to the assault.

A) 30 percent
B) 20 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 40 percent

Question 20

Abuse of cocaine and the amphetamine compounds can lead to behaviors that are excellent examples of

A) systemic violence.
B) pharmacological violence.
C) economic violence.
D) revenge violence for unpaid drug debts.

Question 21

Discuss the connection between SUDs and partner­associated violence.

Question 22

Describe how the development of "designer" drugs can allow illegal drug producers to stay ahead of current drug
laws.

Question 23

Discuss how common the practice of drug adulteration is and how it is done with various drugs of abuse.

Question 24

There are at least 200 compounds in the tryptamine family of drugs, which have a chemical structure similar to the neurotransmitter

A) gama aminobutyric acid.
B) acetylcholine.
C) dopamine.
D) serotonin.

Question 25

There are an estimated members of the phenethylamine family of compounds.

A) 250
B) 400
C) 180
D) 610

Question 26

Name and describe the three categories of substance­related violence.

Question 27

At dosage levels above 1,000 mg, the effects of dextromethorphan are very similar to those of

A) phencyclidine.
B) high doses of cocaine.
C) the now-banned substance methaqualone.
D) inhalants.

Question 28

There are over over-the-counter cough and cold remedies that contain dextromethorphan.

A) 50
B) 75
C) 100
D) 140

Question 29

Discuss how the national prohibition against certain compounds has resulted in the manufacture of criminals.

Question 30

The compound known as "fry" is

A) a mixture of amphetamines and cocaine for smoking.
B) a mixture of amphetamine and marijuana, which counteracts the harsh side effects of the amphetamine.
C) phencyclidine sprinkled onto a regular cigarette for smoking.
D) marijuana soaked in formaldehyde, then laced with PCP for smoking.