Drugs And Crime

Question 1

What was the first drug prohibition law in the US?

Answer 1

Smoking Opium Exclusion Act of 1909

Question 2

Which race typically smoked opium?

Answer 2

Chinese

Question 3

What was the cause of the crackdown on smoking opium?

Answer 3

Fear of cheap labor from Chinese migrants specifically in the west

Question 4

What drug did Reefer Madness respond to?

Answer 4

Marijuana

Question 5

Which race typically used marijuana?

Answer 5

Mexicans

Question 6

Which law imposed a tax on the sale of cannabis, hemp, or marijuana?

Answer 6

1937 Marijuana Tax Act

Question 7

What did the 1965 Drug Abuse Control Amendments Act do?

Answer 7

Classified “dangerous drugs”

Question 8

What did the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (Controlled Substance Act) do?

Answer 8

Drug crimes now under federal jurisdiction; established the Drug Enforcement Agency

Question 9

Which Obama legislation reduced the crack disparity to 18:1 and eliminated 5 year mandatory minimum?

Answer 9

Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

Question 10

T or F: drug overdose, addiction, and misuse are less prevalent after the War on Drugs

Answer 10

False

Question 11

What does the “New Jim Crow” mean?

Answer 11

Blacks are 10% more likely to be sent to prison for drug crimes