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Question 1

What is drug abuse defined as?

Answer 1

“Illicit drug use that results in social, economic, psychological, or legal problems for the user.”

Question 2

What is a drug?

Answer 2

“Any chemical substance defined by the social convention as bioactive or psychoactive”

Basically, any ingestible substance that has a noticeable effect on the mind or body.

Question 3

TRUE/FALSE

According to the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act, marijuana is a Schedule II drug.

Answer 3

FALSE

According to the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act, marijuana is a Schedule I drug.

Question 4

What did the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act do?

Answer 4

Established schedules classifying drugs to their degree.

Question 5

Which United States president stated that drugs were “Public Enemy #1”?

Answer 5

Richard Nixon

Question 6

Which United States president had the biggest and strongest effect on the War on Drugs?

Answer 6

Ronald Reagan

Question 7

Which legislation was the first anti-drug legislation and what did it prohibit?

Answer 7

1875: San Francisco, CA; prohibited the smoking of opium.

Question 8

What was the name of the former Los Angeles law enforcement officer created the D.A.R.E. program?

Answer 8

Sgt. Darryl Gates

Question 9

What is recidivism?

Answer 9

When someone goes to jail, gets released, and then goes back to jail for a new crime.

Question 10

TRUE/FALSE

Russia has the highest recidivism rates.

Answer 10

FALSE

The United States has the highest recidivism rates.

Question 11

TRUE/FALSE

45% of drug crimes are committed by whites.

Answer 11

FALSE

45% of drug crimes are committed by blacks

Question 12

In 1995, the United States Sentencing Commission published a report that showed racial disparities in sentencing for which drug?

Answer 12

Crack cocaine

Question 13

TRUE/FALSE

In 1997, under the Clinton Administration, Congress viewed and recognized the 100:1 disparity ratio in sentencing and ignored it. Clinton was involved in the rejection.

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

What is civil forfeiture?

Answer 14

Commit crime with property for property.

Question 15

What percent of the United States population are black?

What percent of blacks commit drug crimes?

Answer 15

13%

45%

Question 16

Nixon spent what percent of the budget towards treating drug addiction?

What percent was spent in 2012?

Answer 16

60%

34%

Question 17

What are the indirect costs of drug abuse comprised of?

Answer 17

Justice system expenditures

Jailing, programs, police protection, adjudication

Question 18

Of the $193 billion dollars of the budget, how much is spent on drug abuse in the criminal justice system?

Answer 18

$66 billion

Question 19

Which university conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment?

Answer 19

Stanford University