Chapter 16 Flashcards
Drugs & Crime (15 cards)
______, including alcohol, slow down the normal activity of the central nervous system.
Depressants
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, binge drinking is defined for men as at least how many drinks on the same occasion on at least 1 day?
five
Two German scientists working at Bayer marketed and sold the first what?
Barbiturate
The invention of the hypodermic syringe led to the first wave of what addiction?
Morphine
The first major wave of morphine addiction occurred during what war?
The American Civil War
Heroin is a chemically modified form of what drug?
Morphine
What country produces about 90% of the cocaine powder entering the United States?
Colombia
Anabolic-androgenic steroids are synthetically produced variations of…?
Testosterone
What type of drugs alter one’s thought processes, mood, and perceptions?
Hallucinogens
Which legislation was enacted in 1906 and authorized federal regulations on any medication?
Pure Food and Drug Act
What Amendment repealed Prohibition?
Twenty-First Amendment
Baby boomers, those individuals born following ______, form what is considered to be one of the largest generations in U.S. history.
World War II
Of the three groups of “sinister geniuses” who marketed crack, which group set up very small-scale operations?
kitchen chemists
Despite intense media scrutiny in the 1990s, years of research have not identified a distinct condition associated with so-called…?
crack babies
In the 1980s, Congress enacted what that resulted in lengthy prison terms for individuals convicted of nonviolent drug offenses?
Mandatory minimum drug sentencing laws
