Question 1

The harm-reduction principle of _____________ suggests that acknowledges that while carrying risks, drug use also provides the user with benefits that must be taken into account if drug-using behavior is to be understood.

Accepted Answer

pragmatism

Question 2

To develop a policy that answers these serious concerns, we need to consider the ___________ of drug use.

Accepted Answer

causes

Question 3

A policy of containment has been adopted by the __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Canadian
B)   British
C)   Dutch
D)   Swiss D

Question 4

If legalized, any person who is shown to be addicted to heroin could receive prescriptions for the drug. Who would determine how much heroin he/she should receive?

Accepted Answer

A)   The user
B)   Pharmacist
C)   Dietitian
D)   Physician

Question 5

The cannabis policy debate "has often been represented as a forced choice between two positions: _______ and ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Crabs & Shrimp
B)   Deer & Cattle
C)   Doves & Hawks
D)   Frogs & Snakes

Question 6

_______________ would enable the use of social controls that inhibit antisocial, albeit lawful, behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)   Decriminalization
B)   Harm reduction
C)   Legalization
D)   All of these

Question 7

__________ policy is based on the idea that drug use is a fact of life and needs to be discouraged in as practical a manner as possible.

Accepted Answer

A)   Canadian
B)   British
C)   Dutch
D)   Swiss

Question 8

When Connecticut changed its law to permit the purchase and possession of hypodermic needles without a prescription, the number of AIDS cases fell by _____ percent.

Accepted Answer

A)   5
B)   15
C)   40
D)   80

Question 9

The drug user's decision to use drugs is accepted as fact within which principle of harm reduction?

Accepted Answer

A)   Pragmatism
B)   Humanistic Values
C)   Focus on Harms
D)   Balancing Costs and Benefits

Question 10

_________________ refers to an absence of laws punishing people for using drugs, while drug trafficking remains a crime.

Accepted Answer

A)   Legalization
B)   Decriminalization
C)   Harm reduction
D)   All of these

Question 11

At the end of 2006, _________, which has one of the highest rates of HIV in the nation, became the last of the fifty states to approve legislation permitting needle-exchange programs.

Accepted Answer

A)   New York
B)   California
C)   New Jersey
D)   Georgia

Question 12

Founded in 1993, the _______________ has been promoting public policing aimed at moving the country in the direction of European countries that have abandoned the "drug warrior" approach to drug use.

Accepted Answer

A)   Harm Reduction Coalition
B)   Harm Reduction Policy Summit
C)   Harm Reduction Consortium
D)   Harm Reduction Stakeholders Convention

Question 13

Explain the difference between legalization and decriminalization.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain the difference between legalization and decriminalization....

Question 14

Most harm-reduction programs have a hierarchy of __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Most harm-reduction programs have a hierarchy of...

Question 15

A serious effort to deal logically with drugs in the United States would require greater efforts to reduce the ills of urban America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In a __________ effort to reduce the spread of AIDS among intravenous drug users, a service agency in Portland, OR became the first to distribute free needles to addicts.

Accepted Answer

A)   1970
B)   1978
C)   1980
D)   1988

Question 17

There is a very high correlation between urban poverty and heroin and cocaine use.

Accepted Answer