Exam 11: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking

Heroin and methamphetamine are usually brokered in which country?​

The _____________ Act required people who sold drugs to register yearly and pay a special annual tax of $1.

The _____________ of Southeast Asia,which encompasses approximately 150,000 square miles of forested highlands,including the western fringe of Laos,the four northern provinces of Thailand,and the northeastern parts of Burma,is responsible for a large percentage of the heroin that is smuggled into the United States.

In the early 20^th century,concern over federalism-constitutional limitations on the police powers of the central government-led Congress to use which authority of the federal government to respond to the problem of drug control?​

Explain the role that Mexican cartels play in the importation of heroin into the United States.

The purity level of heroin is an indicator of _______________.

Cocaine hydrochloride powder is easily converted into a drug by cooking it in a mixture of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)and water,and then removing the water.The soap-like substance is cut into bars or chips,sometimes called "quarter rocks," and then smoked.Which drug is this?

In 1887,Congress responded to obligations imposed on the United States by a Chinese-American commercial treaty by banning the importation of what by Chinese subjects?​

What is the most common method of using cocaine?​

______________ is a synthetic drug with a chemical structure similar to methamphetamine and mescaline.

Around the turn of the eighteenth century,a German pharmacist poured liquid ammonia over opium and obtained an alkaloid,a white powder that he found to be many times more powerful than opium.What did he name the substance?​

According to Abadinsky,when it comes to the business of heroin,drug barons often chose to base their operations in which areas-"the more war-torn and chaotic the better"?​

The drugs morphine and heroin are classified as _____________,which are powerful depressants that relieve stress and pain.

Which nation's syndicates are believed to be the primary source of the drug ecstasy found in the United States?​

Discuss the Harrison Act and its ramifications.