Exam 2: Drug Use: Yesterday and Today

Which of the following is a way in which heroin is used?

One advantage of drug testing using radioimmunoassay procedures on hair samples is its reliability.

A key philosophy of law enforcement in the 1980s regarding drugs was "zero tolerance."

Someone who is convicted for a first offense of trafficking 500 grams of heroin mixture will face a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Which of the following correctly pairs a decade with the drug that was popular during the period?

Discuss how the law views marijuana at both the federal and state levels, given recent legislative developments in several states.

Cocaine is a drug.

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

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.

Marijuana is a drug.

What did physicians in the mid-1800s refer to as "God's own medicine"?

Drugs with little or no abuse or dependence potential are not classified in the 1970 Controlled Substances Act.

One problem with the Controlled Substances Analogue Enforcement Act of 1986 is that the so-called "designer drugs" are still unclassifiable.

Which of the following would likely make you "feel better" if you took a patent medicine?

Although illicit drugs have often been used for medicinal purposes, it is very rare for drugs that are developed for medical reasons to be used in nonmedicinal ways.

The more restrictive a drug law is, the more effective it is likely to be in the long run.

Before 1900, you would likely face restrictions on using a drug only if you were a .

"Bath salts" are synthesized from various -like chemicals.

How does the potency of fentanyl compare to the potency of morphine?

Which of the following drugs began as a therapeutic tool, became an illicit recreational drug, and is now again being explored for possible therapeutic applications?