Ch 1: Intro to Drug Use
The definition of the term "drug" that is central to this book is based on a substance's
psychoactivity
During Prohibition (1920-1933), alcohol consumption in the United States:
decreased.
A "kinds of people" theory
biological theories
The tobacco plant is indigenous to which region
the Western Hemisphere
The social characteristic that correlates most strongly with the use of marijuana is:
age
The psychoactive ingredient in marijuana is:
THC
Legislation that addressed false claims about the contents of patent medicines on the product's label.
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
The decade during which media attention was most strongly focused on drug use and abuse was the:
1980's
The correlation between drinking alcohol and illicit drug use is:
positive - drinkers are more likely to use illicit drugs than nondrinkers.
The era during which marijuana's psychoactive effects were discovered and when it began to be used is:
the "natural" era.
Some drug effects take place over the long run; others are more short-term. What is this distinction?
the acute-chronic distinction
Legislation that was originally designed to address drug research and rehabilitation.
The Controlled Substances Act of 1970
This theory emphasizes inadequate parenting as the major explanation for deviance, crime, delinquency, and drug abuse
self-control theory
100 percent "absolute" alcohol
Ethyl alcohol or ethanol
Sensory overload is commonly associated with which drug?
LSD
The most efficient and effective route of drug administration
Smoking
Which drug was included in the Harrison Act yet was not a narcotic or opiate?
Cocaine
This theory emphasizes deviant socialization as the major explanation for deviance, crime, delinquency, and drug abuse
social learning and subculture theory
The setting in which alcohol-impairment injury is most likely to take place is:
A bar
After 2000, the rate of use of club drugs:
decreased.
What happens after heroin enters the body? It breaks down into:
Morphine
Legislation that effectively banned all possession and sale of marijuana products
The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937
Name two of the four theories of media bias
ruling elite theory, money machine theory, grassroots theory, and professional subculture theory
Name two forms of Nicotine Replacement therapy
Path, gum, lozenge, inhaler, and nasal spray
Name three types of "Club Drugs"
Psilocybin, MDMA (ecstasy), Rohypnol, Ketamine, and GHB