Chapter 6: Drug use, drinking, driving

Question 1

deterrents

Answer 1

that which discourages or prevents a person from doing something

Question 2

drug

Answer 2

a chemical substance that alters the structure or function in a living organism

Question 3

controlled substance

Answer 3

any material, including both illegal drugs and drugs legally prescribed by doctors, listed in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

Question 4

prescription shopping/double doctoring

Answer 4

the criminal act of trying to get a narcotic or prescription from different doctors

Question 5

traffic

Answer 5

to sell, administer, give, transfer, transport, send, or deliver a controlled substance

Question 6

entrap

Answer 6

to induce or lure a person into committing an offence

Question 7

random virtue testing

Answer 7

investigating a person for drug offences without having reasonable or probable grounds for doing so

Question 8

launder

Answer 8

to deal with (ex. use, transport, alter, dispose of) any property obtained through crime, as in money laundering

Question 9

motor vehicle

Answer 9

any vehicle that is drawn, propelled, or driven by any means other than muscular power (ex. car, motorcycle, snowmobile, airplane, boat), but not railway equipment

Question 10

blood-alcohol level

Answer 10

measure of concentration of alcohol in person’s blood; expressed as mg of alcohol in 100 mL blood; 80” or 80 mg is legal limit

Question 11

roadside screening test

Answer 11

preliminary assessment to see if driver might be impaired

Question 12

detained

Answer 12

to be kept in custody or temporarily confined

Question 13

discharge

Answer 13

to release from custody

Question 14

demerit points

Answer 14

points taken away from licensed driver for various driving offences, which can lead to licence suspension if too many are given; the key to a system of warning drivers and deterring additional offences