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Question 1 Who introduced the smoking of opium to the United…
Question 1
Who introduced the smoking of opium to the United States?
A. European explorers
B. Central American immigrants
C. Native Americans
D. Chinese laborers
Question 2
Ecstasy is also known as what?
A. MDMA
B. LSD
C. GHB
D. Special K
Question 3
What did physicians in the mid-1800s refer to as “God’s own medicine”?
A. marijuana
B. Godfrey’s Cordial
C. opium
D. peyote
Question 4
Which term best reflects the action of synthetic marijuana relative to natural marijuana?
A. complement
B. counteract
C. copy
D. accelerate
Question 5
What is the name of the combustive process in which yeasts interact with the sugars in plants to produce an enzyme that converts the sugar into alcohol?
A. distillation
B. fermentation
C. brewing
D. hydrolysis
Question 6
Which of the following was a result of Prohibition?
A. a shift in drinking habits from distilled spirits to beer
B. a takeover of alcohol distribution by organized crime
C. An increase in the rate of drinking in the states
D. less extensive use of marijuana
Question 7
According to the Controlled Substances Act, cocaine falls into what category?
A. Schedule I
B. Schedule II
C. Schedule III
D. Schedule IV
Question 8
An unintended consequence of the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 was that, in the years since its passage, the law served to switch opium addicts to what other drug?
A. cocaine
B. alcohol
C. heroin
D. barbiturates
Question 9
The trees producing the coffee bean were native to what country?
A. Colombia
B. Bolivia
C. Italy
D. Ethiopia
Question 10
When was heroin first developed?
A. Stone Age China
B. 16th-century Peru
C. the late 1800s
D. the mid 1920s
Question 11
What does the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 do?
A. decriminalizes possession of synthetic compounds that are not intended for human consumption
B. establishes harsher penalties for possession of crack cocaine than for powder cocaine
C. gives judges more leeway in considering mitigating factors during sentencing
D. establishes mandatory minimum sentences for possession of designer drugs
Question 12
Into the mid-1800s, where in the United States could drugs be obtained?
A. from the post office
B. at grocery stores
C. in restaurants
D. on the black market
Question 13
“Bath salts” are synthesized from various chemicals that are like
A. marijuana.
B. Amphetamines.
C. opiates.
D. hallucinogens.
Question 14
People of the Stone Age used opium, hashish, and cocaine for what purpose?
A. To produce altered states of consciousness
B. To contact the spirits of the dead
C. To sanctify marriage
D. To prepare healing elixirs for those who were ailing
Question 15
Which of the following decades is correctly paired with a popular therapeutic use of amphetamines during that period?
A. 1930sweight loss
B. 1950sanxiety
C. 1940salertness
D. 1960depression
Question 16
Which of the following is considered a “club drug”?
A. peyote
B. heroin
C. gammahydroxybutyrate (GHB)
D. fentanyl
Question 17
How does the potency of fentanyl compare to the potency of morphine?
A. It is half as strong.
B. It is slightly stronger.
C. It is at least 10 times stronger.
D. It is more than 50 times stronger.
Question 18
The first report of solvent abuse occurred in what year?
A. 1939
B. 1922
C. 1951
D. 1973
Question 19
What plant used in Asia Minor around 5000 b.c. was known as a “joy plant”?
A. Cannabis sativa
B. opium poppy
C. hemp
D. catnip
Question 20
According to the Controlled Substances Act, marijuana falls into what category?
A. Schedule I
B. Schedule II
C. Schedule III
D. Schedule IV
