Exam 12: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking

n the early 20ᵗʰ century, concern over federalism-constitutional limitations on the police powers of the central government-led Congress to use the ___________ of the federal government to respond to the problem of drug control.

n the five years after the collapse of the French Connection, ___________ became the major source of U.S. eroin.

The poppy is native to Mexico.

The ___________ includes parts of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

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

Discuss the Harrison Act and its ramifications.

irst synthesized in 1887, _________ were introduced into clinical use in the 1930s

In 1901, Congress enacted the __________, which prohibited the sale of alcohol and opium to "aboriginal tribes and uncivilized races."

__________ was first synthesized in 1956 and found to be an effective surgical anesthetic, but with serious side effects, including violent behavior

Discuss the United Wa State Army (USWA) and their role as organized criminals in the Golden Triangle.

Discuss the "Chinese Problem" and the American response.

The organizers who arrange for the importation and wholesale distribution of heroin and cocaine typically avoid physical possession.

hich of the following is the world's second largest producer of opium and accounts for about 90 percent of the total heroin production of the Golden Triangle?

What is the contemporary relationship between the Taliban and opium?

The American response to drugs in the twentieth century was directly related to international affairs and trade with:

Israeli syndicates are reputed to be the source of U.S. istribution of methamphetamine.

The ___________ provided that persons in the business of dealing in drugs covered by the act-including opium derivatives and cocaine-were required to register yearly and to pay a special annual tax of $1.

In an effort to increase American influence in China, and thus improve its trade position, the United States supported the anti-opium efforts of the ___________, a temperance organization.

he ________ was in charge of upholding the Harrison Act.

In 1954, the ____________ Company announced that it had succeeded in creating a completely synthetic version of LSD.