Deck 12: Public Order and Drug Crimes

Question 1

A U.S.Customs Service agent inspects a package coming into the United States from Morocco and discovers heroin in the box.She seizes the package and the illegal drugs.What drug-control strategy does this illustrate?

A)asset forfeiture
B)antidrug legislation
C)crop control
D)interdiction

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What was the most commonly used illicit drug,as measured by a survey conducted by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health in 2009?

A)heroin
B)marijuana
C)cocaine
D)inhalants

Answer 2

B

Question 3

How many tons of cocaine is seized annually in the U.S.?

A)nearly 500 tons
B)about 140 tons
C)around 20 tons
D)over 280 tons

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In which of the following categories of controlled substances does the drug "meth" belong?

A)depressants
B)inhalants
C)hallucinogens
D)stimulants

Question 5

Which of the following is true of asset forfeiture?

A)Assets forfeited may be larger than the proceeds of the underlying crime.
B)Enforcement agents do not have to notify property owners before asset forfeiture.
C)Asset forfeiture has been abused by enforcement agencies.
D)The U.S.Supreme Court has ruled asset forfeiture unconstitutional.

Question 6

What does the DEA's Heroin Signature Program identify?

A)the level of purity in heroin
B)the method of smuggling the heroin
C)the geographic source of the heroin
D)the distribution method of the heroin

Question 7

Which illegal drug in the U.S.commonly originates in South America,especially Bolivia,Columbia,and Peru?

A)marijuana
B)cocaine
C)heroin
D)opium

Question 8

What is the name of one well-known antidrug education program in the United States?

A)Drug Education Administration
B)Drug Abuse Refusal Education
C)Drug Abuse Resistance Education
D)Drug Exploitation Arena

Question 9

Which of the following is true of the relationship between drug use and crime?

A)People with criminal records are no more likely than others to use drugs.
B)There is little known relationship between drug use and crime.
C)Drug users report the same amount of involvement in crime as nonusers.
D)The crime numbers rise as the use of drugs increases.

Question 10

What is the term for the illegal shipment of controlled substances across state and national boundaries called?

A)drug smuggling
B)narcotics distribution
C)drug trafficking
D)drug importing

Question 11

When considering the different types of prostitutes,how do street prostitutes compare to other prostitutes?

A)They are equal to all other prostitutes.
B)They are the lowest class of prostitute.
C)They are higher class than hotel prostitutes.
D)They are the highest class of prostitute.

Question 12

What label does the DEA give to any drug other than cocaine,opiates,and cannabis?

A)a controlled substance
B)a stimulant
C)a hallucinogen
D)a dangerous drug

Question 13

Which of the following drugs is considered a psychotherapeutic?

A)marijuana
B)tranquilizers
C)heroin
D)inhalants

Question 14

Which of the followings statements do self-reports of jail inmates collected by the Bureau of Justice Statistics support?

A)Marijuana was the drug most commonly abused by inmates.
B)About one-half of the inmates used illegal drugs at the time of the offense.
C)Nearly one-third used drugs daily in the month before the offense.
D)Long-term drug users were arrested for more serious offenses.

Question 15

Which of the following statements is most accurate about different countries' regulation of prostitution?

A)Laws that govern prostitution vary greatly from country to country.
B)Laws against prostitution only exist in the United States.
C)Laws that govern prostitution do not exist in most of the world.
D)Laws against prostitution tend to favor the client in all countries.

Question 16

What was the first major piece of federal antidrug legislation in the U.S.?

A)the Eighteenth Amendment
B)the Pure Food and Drug Act
C)The Harrison Act
D)the Anti-Drug Abuse Act

Question 17

Which of the following is an example of the harm of street prostitution?

A)Street prostitutes discourage organized crime.
B)Street prostitution and drugs are often linked.
C)Street prostitutes have adequate access to proper hygiene facilities.
D)Street prostitution leads to more customers for local businesses.

Question 18

Which of the following is a drug-defined crime?

A)Lana was arrested for stealing $200 from her employer to buy marijuana.
B)Jerry was arrested for attempting to distribute cocaine.
C)Destiny was arrested for assault after getting in a bar fight while drunk.
D)Kord was arrested for driving under the influence.

Question 19

Which of the following category of drugs may be used legitimately to reduce anxiety or elevate mood?

A)cannabis
B)stimulants
C)depressants
D)steroids

Question 20

What illicit drug was brought in by Chinese immigrants and commonly used in the 1800s?

A)marijuana
B)heroin
C)opium
D)LSD

Question 21

Inhalants do not tend to cause hallucinations.

Question 22

The drug-control strategy of crop control is used only domestically.

Question 23

U.S.officials focus on smuggling prevention and apprehension of smugglers as their main effort to reduce drug trafficking.

Question 24

Street drugs such as PCP are intended to produce hallucinations and perceptual distortions.

Question 25

It is possible to identify the geographic source of heroin.

Question 26

In countries in which prostitution is legal,prostitutes are generally licensed and pay taxes to the government.

Question 27

Most juvenile detainees tend to use marijuana as their drug of choice.

Question 28

Cocaine is considered a dangerous drug.

Question 29

Most cocaine comes into the U.S.overland through Mexico.

Question 30

Interdiction is an international drug-control policy.

Question 31

Depressants increase central nervous system activity,resulting in higher heart rate and blood pressure.

Question 32

Drug abuse is more of a problem today than it was two decades ago.

Question 33

Men who are married are more likely to use prostitutes than men who aren't.

Question 34

Cocaine and crack cocaine were the drugs most commonly abused by jail inmates.

Question 35

Employment status is found to correlate with illicit drug use.

Question 36

According to the U.S.Department of Justice,drug users are more likely to have a criminal record than nonusers.

Question 37

Illegal drugs are connected with the police involvement in illegal activities.

Question 38

The federal government spends more than $10 million annually on drug-related expenditures.

Question 39

The current policy of drug-control laws targets mainly drug users.

Question 40

The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM)Program's statistics provided only self-reported information on the drug use of male offenders.

Question 41

Timothy Leary,a Harvard professor,established a religion that allowed the use of _____ and marijuana as sacraments.

Question 42

Individuals with no _____ record are less likely to report using drugs.

Question 43

Most heroin is trafficked in from _____ _____.

Question 44

Discuss what drugs most often enter the United States and from where.

Question 45

Define and discuss designer drugs.Do these drugs differ from other controlled substances?

Question 46

Inhalants are easily accessible because few are subject to _____control.

Question 47

Stealing cash to pay for drugs is an example of drug-_____ crime.

Question 48

When legitimately manufactured controlled substances are intentionally redirected for illicit use,it is called pharmaceutical _____.

Question 49

Prostitution is a _____issue to feminists.

Question 50

What are three of the eight categories of controlled substances in the U.S.? Describe some characteristics of each category.

Question 51

Drugs like cocaine and heroin are _____ to smuggle.

Question 52

What are the five approaches to drug control used in the United States?

Question 53

The Comprehensive _____Control Act of 2006 placed restrictions on retail sales of over-the-counter products containing pseudoephedrine.

Question 54

Drug-_____ crimes are violations of laws prohibiting or regulating the possession,use,or distribution of illegal drugs

Question 55

Before _____,any drug could be bought and sold in the U.S.without restriction.

Question 56

How would alternative drug policies address the issue of illegal drug use in the United States? What are some of the benefits to alternative drug policy?

Question 57

Thirty-three percent of _____-crime victims reported they believed their assailants were under the influence of drugs when the crime occurred.

Question 58

How do feminist perspectives address prostitution?