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Chapter 7 – Alcohol & Other Drugs Flashcards

1
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What drug started being used in prehistoric times?

A

Plants

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2
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What was made of fermented honey and started being used in 8000 BCE?

A

Mead

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3
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What drug started being used in 6000 BCE?

A

Beer & wine

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4
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What drug did the Sumerians start using in 5000 BCE?

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Opium

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5
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What drug did the Ancient Egyptians start using 3500 BCE?

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Alcohol

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6
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What drug did the Chinese started using in 3000 BCE?

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Cannabis

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7
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How long have coco leaves been used?

A

thousands of years

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8
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Who first used Tobacco?

A

Native Americans

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9
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Tobacco was a major crop thanks to what?

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Slave labor

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10
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What drug was widely used in colonial America?

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Alcohol

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11
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What are 3 drugs legal in the latter 19th century that aren’t legal today?

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Opium, marijuana, and cocaine

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12
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What played a role in decisions to ban certain drugs in the late 19th and 20th century?

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Racial prejudice

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13
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What drug was banned because Chinese immigrants used them in bar/taverns?

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Opium

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14
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What drug was banned because white people thought black people who used it gained superpowers?

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Cocaine

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15
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What drug was banned when Mexicans started moving in?

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Marijuana

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16
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Do illegal drugs kill more than legal drugs?

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Not even close

17
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What two drugs cause the most harm?

A

Alcohol & tobacco

18
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Almost as many americans die from painkillers as die from (legal/illegal) drugs?

A

illegal

19
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What is the reason why the distinction between legal and illegal drugs has no logical basis?

A

Legal drugs cause much more harm than illegal drugs.

20
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What is the correlation between gender and drug use?

A

Males more likely than females to use & abuse alcohol, tobacco, & illegal drugs.

21
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What racial group has the highest rate of alcohol use?

A

White

22
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What was the racial group with the highest rate of tobacco use?

A

Native American

23
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What is the racial group that has the highest rate of illegal drug use?

A

Native American

24
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What is the education level with the highest rate of alcohol use?

A

College graduate

25
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What is the education level with the highest rate of tobacco use?

A

High school dropout

26
Q

What theories assume that some people are especially vulnerable to drug addiction for genetic reasons?

A

Biological

27
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What theories assume that drug addiction results from certain personality traits & problems?

A

Psychological

28
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What says that drugs are positive reinforcers, making people more likely to engage in that behavior?

A

Operant conditioning

29
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What theories attribute drug use to various aspects of the social environment, including peer influences, weak social bonds, & the larger drug culture?

A

Sociological

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