Controlled Substances

Question 0

What are some reasons to use drugs?

Answer 0

Pleasure 
Escape from reality 
Addiction 
Alter mood
Medical use

Question 1

Which drugs date back “thousands of years” ?

Answer 1

Cocaine
Hashish
Opium

Question 2

What drug has associated with low grade petty crimes?

Answer 2

Heroin

Question 3

What are some reasons cops should work drugs?

Answer 3

Drug dealers/users on the streets
Patrol officers have potential to see more
Traffic stops can yield drugs
Drugs= burglaries, person crimes, theft
Most property crimes are connected with drugs
Talking to people can find drugs

Question 4

What do most law biding members of society rate drugs?

Answer 4

One of the greatest problems on the community

Question 5

What is the history of thc?

Answer 5

Early recordings in china
Introduced in America in early 1600’s
Extensive use in the 1920’s

Question 6

What are narcotics analgesics?

Answer 6

Opium and opium derivates
Naturally occurring: opium, morphine, codeine
Synthetic/ semi synthetic: heroin, dialudid, methadone

Question 7

What is the history of opium?

Answer 7

Used for thousands of years

Smoked by many Asian immigrants

Question 8

In The manufacturing of raw opium, how many pounds does 1-3 acres yield?

Answer 8

20 pounds of raw opium

Question 9

What is the history of morphine?

Answer 9

10x more potent than opium

Used as pain killer

Question 10

How is morphine used?

Answer 10

Injected

Orally

Question 11

How is heroine used?

Answer 11

Injection
Smoke
Snort

Question 12

What are some heroin characteristics

?

Answer 12

Flat dust like powder
Packaged in balloons or paper
White to brown color
Vinegar or fish smell

Question 13

What is heroine paraphernalia?

Answer 13

Syringes 
Snort tubes
Balloons 
Tie strings 
Spoon

Question 14

What is the manufacturing of cocaine?

Answer 14

Coca plant

One plant-4 Oz of leaf contains 1% of cocaine

Question 15

How is cocaine used?

Answer 15

Snort
Injected
Smoked

Question 16

When a drug is mixed with baking soda, cocaine and water what is the end result?

Answer 16

Crack cocaine

Question 17

What are some investigative methods for dealing with drug use?

Answer 17

Gather information not available to the officer
Gain firsthand intelligence
Negotiate with cautious suspects

Question 18

What are some restrictions of using an informant?

Answer 18

At least 18 years old
Not on parole/probation
Not an addict or treatment
Have not been found unreliable

Question 19

What are some reasons informants may help an officer?

Answer 19

Reduction in criminal sentence 
Revenge on ex boyfriend/girlfriend 
Monetary incentives by cops
Ego boost for cops
Seek to infiltrate police methods

Question 20

What are some proper selections of an informant?

Answer 20

A suspect u trust
Recommended by another officer
Walked into police office
Irate family/friend

Question 21

What are the requirements for making a confidential and reliable informant (CRI)?

Answer 21

Establish who the person is
Establish what they know
Establish why trey want to inform
Establish reliability: background check, set controlled buys create a file

Question 22

What is the procedure for an undercover drug purchase by an informant?

Answer 22

Debrief informant
Tape record a telephone contact between suspect and informant
Have informant sign for money
Photo copy money for serial numbers

Question 23

What are some patrol tactics for drug arrest?

Answer 23

Know the vehicle code for PC
Look/see inside vehicle for evidence of drugs
Listen to conversations
Smells

Question 24

When searching a vehicle for drugs, how should you search?

Answer 24

Top to bottom
Exterior to interior
Left to right
Front to back

Question 25

What are some private businesses that may help you in a drug investigation?

Answer 25

Phone companies
Public utilities 
Credit agencies 
Labor unions 
Banks

Question 26

What are ways you can gather PC for a search?

Answer 26

Info from surveillance
Controlled buy/ informant info
Use info gained from investigation

Question 27

What are the importance and limitations of of field drug test?

Answer 27

Establish PC
Establish type and schedule of drug
Field test not acceptable as proof on court
Only crime labs test are positive proof

Question 28

What is the time frame for a thc plant to grow?

Answer 28

Grow 2-18 feet

Take 7-26 weeks to grow

Question 29

What are the stages of indoor thc grows?

Answer 29

Germination-seeds or cloves
Vegetative-growth
Flowering-buds form
Harvest-hanging upside down

Question 30

What are the most commonly abused pharmaceutical drugs in the state?

Answer 30

Hydrocodone
OxyContin
Benzodiazepines

Question 31

What are the characteristics of PCP?

Answer 31

White crystalline powder-pure form
Diluted in water and sold as liquid
Applied to leafy material like oregano, mint or thc

Question 32

What are the characteristics of LSD?

Answer 32

Liquid drops placed on blotter paper
Sold on blotted paper
Odorless, tasteless colorless
Sometimes sold on candy or sugar cubes

Question 33

What is P2P?

Answer 33

Known as prop dope

Mixing and washing in a flask

Question 34

What are ways to use P2P?

Answer 34

Injected
Orally
smoked
Snorted

Question 35

What are the characteristics of P2P?

Answer 35

Moist powder or lumps with color from bleach white to dark tan

Strong cat like urine smell

Usually kept in small bindles/baggies

Question 36

What are the characteristics of crack?

Answer 36

Dry powdery substance with crystal flakes

White to tan color(some have good color)

Kept dry in bindled paper

Thick, lumpy block like

Smell like baking soda