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Arab traders brought opium to __________ for use in medicine.


A) Greece
B) Rome
C) China
D) all of these

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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In 1980 the Food and Drug Administration required _____________ to be labeled as generally not appropriate for anxiety or tension associated with the stress of everyday life.

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The ________________ of 1970 authorized HEW to increase its efforts at prevention and rehabilitation.


A) Comprehensive Drug Use Prevention and Control Act
B) Drug and Food Act
C) Harrison Act
D) HEW Drug Act

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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U.S. Surgeon General Upton Sinclair opposed adoption of the Pure Food and Drug Act, asserting that it was grossly inadequate because it failed to specifically ban opiates.

A) True
B) False

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Discuss the connection between amphetamine and the military.

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The __________ Narcotics Tax Act imposed a $1 special tax on those involved in the business of dealing drugs.

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During World War II, British, German, and Japanese governments issued ____________ to soldiers to elevate mood and to counteract fatigue and pain.


A) amphetamine
B) cocaine
C) barbiturates
D) LSD

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The dramatic event that led to the adoption of the Pure Food and Drug Act was _______.


A) the importation of tainted meat from Mexico in 1901
B) the publication of Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle , in 1906
C) a contaminated supply of penicillin that resulted in the deaths of more than 200 soldiers in 1911
D) a report published by the U.S. Surgeon General in 1908 documenting the existence of widespread hygiene and sanitation problems in the food production industry

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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The Union Temperance Society, established in 1808, was the first organized effort to prohibit the use of alcohol in the United States.

A) True
B) False

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Excessive labor costs and a low-potency gum yield caused opium's failure as a viable agricultural crop in ____________.


A) Italy
B) France
C) England
D) the United States

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Manufactured under the trade name ______________, in 1932 amphetamine was marketed as an inhalant


A) Benadryl
B) Benedrin
C) Benzedrine
D) Benzin

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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In ______, President Lyndon Johnson decried the fragmented approach to drug law enforcement.


A) 1966
B) 1967
C) 1968
D) 1969

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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In 2012, medical marijuana and the legalization of marijuana became political issues.

A) True
B) False

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LSD was virtually unknown before 1962 when popularized by two Harvard psychologists.

A) True
B) False

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Concern with federalism led Congress to use the taxing authority of the federal government to control drugs.

A) True
B) False

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LSD arrived in the United States from Europe in 1949 for experimental use in treating _____________________.


A) co-occurring disorders
B) physiological disorders
C) psychiatric disorders
D) learning disabilities

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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During the 1960's the pendulum of drug policy began to shift away from a law enforcement model toward a __________________.


A) tough love
B) tough on crime
C) treatment
D) retribution

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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During the late 1980s the smokable crystal methamphetamine called __________ appeared on the drug scene.

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The amendment that enacted Prohibition became effective in _________.


A) 1917
B) 1918
C) 1919
D) 1920

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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The twenty-first century has been characterized by a rise in the use of _____________ in rural parts.

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