What policy would remove the current criminal penalties that punish the manufacturing, sale, and personal use of drugs?
a. decriminalization
b. normalization
c. prohibition
d. participation
Which term refers to efforts to stop drugs from moving across this country's borders?
a. interference
b. interdiction
c. interstate prevention
d. interrogatories
The Fair Sentencing Act, passed in 2010, was enacted to
a. reduce the disparity in sentencing for crack possession versus cocaine possession.
b. eliminate the disparity in sentencing for crack possession versus cocaine possession.
c. ensure that the Three Strikes law can never be repealed.
d. repeal the Three Strikes law.
Because African Americans and the poor are more likely to use crack, while white people are more likely to use cocaine, critics claim that stronger sentences for crack than for cocaine reflect not the drug but
a. who produces the drugs.
b. the drug users.
c. who sells the drugs.
d. who makes the arrest.
Programs such as DARE are examples of which general policy?
a. interdiction
b. treatment
c. education
d. prosecution
When family members try to earn extra money, hide evidence of accidents, or directly provide drugs to an abuser in an effort to keep the peace, they are engaged in
a. addictive dependency.
b. structural support.
c. restrictive bargaining.
d. codependency.
About what percentage of homeless people have a substance abuse problem?
a. 6 percent
b. 26 percent
c. 50 percent
d. 86 percent
According to government reports, about what percentage of convicted jail inmates were under the influence of alcohol when they committed their crimes?
a. 12 percent
b. 33 percent
c. 61 percent
d. 90 percent
About what share of inmates in federal prisons are there for drug offenses?
a. almost all
b. one-third
c. one-sixth
d. half
Of all prescription drugs, the most often abused are
a. amphetamines.
b. stimulants.
c. painkillers.
d. antipsychotics.
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