Exam 2: Drug Use: Yesterday and Today

Dr. Timothy Leary, one of the chief proponents of LSD use, was when he began to use the drug.

The Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 added Schedule VI to the Schedules of Controlled Substances, encompassing the newly developed synthetic drugs such as bath salts.

Briefly describe the targets and effects of the following: a) The San Francisco Ordinance b) Pure Food and Drug Act c) Harrison Narcotics Tax Act d) Marijuana Tax Act

is a combustive process in which yeasts interact with the sugars in plants to produce an enzyme that converts the sugar into alcohol.

What were the positive and negative outcomes of Prohibition? Why did it fail?

was named after the Greek god of sleep and dreams.

Prior to the 20th Century, drug use was heavily restricted.

Which of the following drugs was not introduced to Europe from the Americas?

Which of the following did European explorers bring to the Americas?

There had been no legislative attention to treatment of drug abuse until the 1980s.

Who won the first Opium War?

Describe the Opium Wars. What caused them? Who fought them? What were the results?

The Opium Wars occurred because attempted to control or eliminate imports of opium by __________ traders.

An advantage of the Controlled Substances Act is that it contains provisions for adding and rescheduling drugs.

is an injectable anesthetic that has been approved for both human and animal use in medical settings.

Valium is a Schedule IV drug.

Heroin has always been used primarily by lower socioeconomic groups.

"Sudden sniffing death syndrome" is a recently reported phenomenon in which teenagers have suffered heart attacks after sniffing ketamine.

In the 1800s, the opiates were used .

An unintended consequence of the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 was that, in the years since its passage, the law served to shift opium addicts to .