Public Order & Drug Crimes

Question 1

Drug offense

Answer 1

Any violation of the laws prohibiting or regulating the possession, use, distribution, sale, or manufacturing of illegal drugs

Question 2

public order offense

Answer 2

an act that is willfully committed and disrupts the public peace or tranquility

Question 3

Drug

Answer 3

A chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being

Question 4

Psychoactive Drugs

Answer 4

Affect the central nervous system and stimulate or dull the senses, promote a feeling of euphoria, or alter perceptions

Question 5

Opiates and Opioids

Answer 5

Opiates: Drugs derived from the opium plant
Opioids: Completely synthetic drugs that are not derived from opium

Question 6

Hallucinogens

Answer 6

Their chief feature is to cause altered perceptions

Question 7

Stimulants

Answer 7

Excite the central nervous system

Question 8

Depressants

Answer 8

Inhibit the central nervous system

Question 9

Schedule I

marijuana, heroin, opioids, peyote

Answer 9

No currently accepted medical use, high potential for abuse & doctors cannot prescribe

Question 10

Schedule IIcocaine, opium, morphine

Answer 10

Sometimes accepted for medical use, high potential for abuse & doctors can prescribe but with very stringent rules

Question 11

Schedule IIIanabolic steroids,

ketamine

Answer 11

Currently accepted for medical use, lower potential for abuse & doctors routinely prescribe

Question 12

Schedule IVXanax, Valium, barbiturates

Answer 12

Currently accepted for medical use, lower potential for abuse & doctors routinely prescribe

Question 13

Schedule VCough & cold remedies

Answer 13

Currently accepted for medical use, low potential for abuse & can be purchased over the counter

Question 14

Drug Trafficking

Answer 14

The manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, importing, and exporting (or possession with intent to do the same) of a controlled or counterfeit substance.

Question 15

Pharmaceutical Diversion

Answer 15

the process by which legitimately manufactured controlled substances are diverted for illicit use.

Question 16

Drug-defined crimes

Answer 16

(Violations of laws prohibiting the possession, distribution, or manufacture of illegal drugs)

Question 17

Drug-related crimes

Answer 17

(Offenses that do not involve a violation of drug law per se, but rather a violation of a law of some other type)

Question 18

Psychopharmacological framework

Answer 18

• Properties of the drug lead a person on drugs to commit crimes

Question 19

Economic Compulsive framework

Answer 19

The want and need for the drug relates to the committed crimes

Question 20

Systemic Framework

Answer 20

Crime occurs in connection to drug use because drugs are illegal and sold on the black market

Question 21

Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

Answer 21

Forced patent medicine industry to list on the labels the presence of ingredients such as alcohol, opiates, cocaine, and cannabis

Question 22

The Harrison Act of 1914

Answer 22

Required anyone dealing in opium, morphine, heroin, or cocaine to register with the federal government and to pay a tax of $1 per year.

Question 23

Marijuana Tax Act of 1937

Answer 23

This law prohibited the transfer of marijuana without the purchase of a transfer tax stamp

Question 24

Source Control

Answer 24

Activities aimed at limiting the cultivation and production of illicit drugs in foreign countries.

Question 25

Interdiction

Answer 25

The attempt of the United States to prevent drugs from being smuggled across our borders by denying drug smugglers the use of air, land, and maritime routes

Question 26

Street-level Enforcement

Answer 26

Drug law enforcement operations currently used by the police departments to apprehend drug offenders

Question 27

Prostitution

Answer 27

The offering of one’s self for hire for the purpose of engaging in sexual relations or the act or practice of engaging in sexual activity for money or its equivalent.

Question 28

Streetwalkers

Answer 28

Seen as the lowest class of prostitute because they solicit customers in public

Question 29

Bar/hotel prostitutes

Answer 29

Work in bars, clubs, and hotels

Question 30

Call girls

Answer 30

Work for escort services (frequently advertised with flyers, newspapers, yellow pages, TV, & Internet)

Question 31

House/Brothel prostitutes

Answer 31

Practice their trade in legal environments but are limited to only a few venues in the United States.

Question 32

Decriminalization

Answer 32

The redefinition of certain previously criminal behaviors into regulated activities that become “ticketable” rather than “arrestable.”

Question 33

Legalization

Answer 33

Elimination of the laws and criminal penalties associated with certain behaviors—usually the production, sale, distribution, and possession of a controlled substance