Sample Exam for Section 4: Social Issues, Prevention, & Marijuana

Programs in which clean needles are provided for heroin users would be an example of which viewpoint of drug-abuse prevention?
1. harm reduction
2. legalistic
3. primary
4. alternatives
Drug policies that focus on laws penalizing drug use and distribution are generally associated with protecting ______.
1. the individual
2. society
3. society and the individual equally
4. governmental bureaucracies from extinction
Judging from the approaches that the federal government takes to counter the drug problem in this country, it is apparent that the U.S. government primarily views the drug problem as:
1. an educational problem.
2. a legal problem.
3. a medical problem.
Cannabis is a recommended medical treatment for __________.
1. detached retina
2. deficient immune systems
3. cataracts
4. nausea
What was the "soldiers' disease" in the Civil War?
1. morphine addiction
2. alcoholism
3. amphetamine addiction
4. gangrene
Prior to the development of barbiturates in 1903, all of the mind altering drugs
1. were extractions from naturally occurring sources (e.g., plants).
2. had either euphorogenic or stimulant effects.
3. were used as medicines, whereas the barbiturates were not used medicinally.
4. Both a and c are correct.
The Opium Wars occurred because __________ attempted to control or eliminate imports of opium by __________ traders.
1. Britain; Chinese
2. China; Turkish
3. China; British
4. U.S.; Chinese
The DARE program has received wide governmental and community support and is used in virtually every state. However, a complaint against the program is
1. no attempts are made to help kids build self-esteem.
2. the community is not involved.
3. the program does not teach about effects of drugs themselves.
4. a lack of evidence that the program has an effect on drug usage.
Into the middle of the 1800s, in the U.S., drugs could be obtained __________.
1. through the mail
2. at grocery stores
3. without prescription
4. all of the above
5. none of the above
Physical dependence to marijuana has been reliably demonstrated in laboratory studies.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
According to interpretations of the Harrison Act by the Narcotics Division of the Treasury Department, physicians providing narcotics to addicts:
1. was o.k. if the addict was not a minor.
2. was allowed for people who had been addicted to the drug prior to the enactment of the Harrison Act.
3. was permissible if the addict had developed his/her addiction from medical treatment.
4. was not a legitimate medical purpose.
What was the probable cause for the increase in popularity of marijuana in the 1920s?
1. the end of WW-I
2. the Depression
3. Alcohol Prohibition
4. the repeal of marijuana laws
One problem with the Controlled Substances Analogue Enforcement Act of 1986 is that the so-called "designer drugs" are still unclassifiable.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Sample Exam for Section 4: Social Issues, Prevention, & Marijuana

Choose the correct answer for each question.