Deck 1: A History of Drug Use

Question 1

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)does not include which of the following categories of the population in its sample:

A) teenagers
B) college students
C) residents of large urban areas
D) prisoners
E) the elderly

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The illicit drug of choice during the 1980s (the so-called "me" or "greed" decade)was:

A) LSD
B) cocaine
C) heroin
D) marijuana
E) amphetamine

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Surveys indicate that:

A) legal drug use (alcohol and the nicotine in tobacco)is higher than illegal drug use
B) illegal drug use is higher than illegal drug use
C) legal and illegal drug use are roughly the same
D) researchers cannot estimate the size of legal or illegal drug use
E) none of the above

Answer 3

A

Question 4

According to records,researchers estimate that alcohol consumption was greatest in which of the following historical eras?

A) the late 1700s
B) the early 1800s
C) between 1850 and 1919
D) during Prohibition (1920-1933)
E) after the repeal of Prohibition,1933 to the present

Question 5

Researchers estimate that illicit drug use in the U.S.peaks at which of the following age brackets:

A) 16-17
B) 18-20
C) 21-25
D) 26-34
E) 35 and older

Question 6

According to surveys,the use of LSD among American high school students peaked in the:

A) 1960s
B) 1970s
C) 1980s
D) 1990s
E) first decade of the 2000s

Question 7

The psychoactive substance with the highest "loyalty" rate and the only drug that a majority of at-least one-time users have taken during the past month is:

A) alcohol
B) marijuana
C) cocaine
D) heroin
E) LSD

Question 8

Researchers have compared the tonnage of heroin and cocaine consumed in the U.S.and concluded that:

A) more heroin is used than cocaine
B) more cocaine is used than heroin
C) roughly the same amount of heroin and cocaine is used
D) it is impossible to estimate the amount of these two drugs that is used
E) none of the above

Question 9

The drug that is consumed the greatest number of times in the U.S.is:

A) alcohol
B) the nicotine in tobacco
C) the prescription amphetamines
D) the prescription narcotics
E) none of the above

Question 10

The most commonly-used illicit substance in the United States is:

A) marijuana
B) oxycodone
C) heroin
D) methamphetamine
E) cocaine

Question 11

Researchers did not conduct surveys of drug use during the 1960s,but today,they feel that they have a fairly accurate idea of use during that decade because they draw inferences from:

A) tax revenues
B) media reports
C) DAWN's ED/ME reports
D) ADAM-II's arrest reports
E) retrospective estimates based on a survey conducted in the 1970s

Question 12

The legal drug use that is consumed recreationally by more people in the U.S.than any other substance is:

A) alcohol
B) the nicotine in tobacco
C) the prescription amphetamines,taken as a whole
D) the prescription narcotics,taken as a whole
E) none of the above.

Question 13

The illicit drug of choice (that is,the illegal drug that was most likely to be used)during the 1960s was:

A) LSD
B) cocaine
C) heroin
D) amphetamine
E) marijuana

Question 14

Current alcohol consumption in the United States is at:

A) an all-time high
B) an all-time low
C) a fairly high point compared with most other periods of history
D) a fairly low point compared with most other periods of history
E) none of the above

Question 15

The illicit drug of choice during the 1960s (the "psychedelic" era)was:

A) LSD
B) cocaine
C) heroin
D) marijuana
E) amphetamine

Question 16

Currently,the percentage young adults (18-25)who have drunk at least one alcoholic beverage in the prior month is:

A) a minority-roughly one quarter (25%)
B) roughly half to three-quarters (50-75%)
C) practically everyone (over 90% of the population)
D) unknown
E) none of the above

Question 17

Which of the following drugs or drug types represent the most chemically miscellaneous group of substances?

A) the amphetamines
B) the narcotics
C) alcohol
D) club drugs
E) marijuana

Question 18

Of the following,the drug that is taken the most sporadically,on a once-in-a-while basis,that is,has the lowest "loyalty" rate is:

A) marijuana
B) alcohol
C) the nicotine in tobacco
D) the amphetamines
E) LSD

Question 19

During national alcohol Prohibition (1920-1933),alcohol consumption in the United States:

A) increased
B) decreased
C) fluctuated wildly and randomly from year to year
D) cannot be estimated by researchers
E) none of the above

Question 20

Recent increases in overall drug use in the United States have taken place mainly in the consumption of which of the following drugs:

A) heroin
B) methamphetamine
C) cocaine
D) MDMA (Ecstasy)
E) marijuana