SOC109 -Ch.12,13,14 Practice
Questions with Solved Solutions 2026
Updated.
As one component of the War on Drugs, the U.S. government seeks to disrupt the
manufacturing and distribution supply chains of drugs. This is known as ______. - Answer
supply reduction
Since drug use is socially constructed, there are no real health consequences for drug abuse. -
Answer false
Due to its physiological and psychological effects, drug dependence is not considered a social
problem, but rather an individual problem. - Answer false
Compared to employees that do not abuse drugs, economists estimate that substance-using
employees decrease productivity in all of the following ways EXCEPT they ______. - Answer
take longer breaks at work
Needle-borne epidemics typically travel faster than sexually transmitted ones. - Answer true
______ youth are arrested for drug crimes at rates 3.5-5.5 times higher than White youth. -
Answer black youth
White young adults are more likely than other races to have used illegal drugs during their
lifetime. - Answer true
LGBTQ individuals are among the least likely population to use and abuse drugs. - Answer
false
______ have the lowest lifetime rate of illegal drug use among 18- to 25-year-olds living in the
United States. - Answer Asains
The argument that drug use may increase in times of anomie, or normlessness, is most closely
associated with which theoretical perspective? - Answer functionalism
Symbolic interactionists consider drug use to be a product of interacting with people who teach
one how to interpret the physiological and psychological effects of drugs. - Answer true
, In the mid-1800s, ______ was legally purchased and commonly used recreationally by middle-
and upper-class women in the United States. - Answer heroin
Which of the following theories would analyze how social breakdown in one's family and
community can lead to drug abuse? - Answer social disorganization theory
General strain theory suggests that drug abuse might result from all of the following except
______. - Answer the acquired sense of fun and excitement one gains from interacting with
peers who use and abuse drugs
Whether or not an extreme natural event in the environment becomes a social problem
depends upon ______. - Answer how society is organized and information distributed
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has projected the sea level will rise by over 20
meters by 2100. - Answer false
Globally, the warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998. - Answer true
What is currently known as climate change had previously been known as ______. - Answer
global warming
Why is waste a social problem and a problem of social justice? - Answer Negative health
effects of waste are experienced primarily by low status groups.
From a sociopolitical point of view, it is easier to locate waste facilities and polluting industries
near low-status communities because members of those communities do not complain, as they
fear being kicked out of their homes. - Answer false
For symbolic interactionists especially, environmental problems involve experiences and
interpretations. This means that different people can experience the same ecological event but
have very different views about the consequences. Why is this? - Answer The frame
alignment of the issues is not the same for all parties.
The ______ perspective suggests that the capitalist economy is organized to promote cost
cutting and expansion, so the environmental benefits of new technology will always be limited. -
Answer treadmill of production
Social constructionists largely assume that environmental problems have an objective, scientific
grounding. - Answer false
Questions with Solved Solutions 2026
Updated.
As one component of the War on Drugs, the U.S. government seeks to disrupt the
manufacturing and distribution supply chains of drugs. This is known as ______. - Answer
supply reduction
Since drug use is socially constructed, there are no real health consequences for drug abuse. -
Answer false
Due to its physiological and psychological effects, drug dependence is not considered a social
problem, but rather an individual problem. - Answer false
Compared to employees that do not abuse drugs, economists estimate that substance-using
employees decrease productivity in all of the following ways EXCEPT they ______. - Answer
take longer breaks at work
Needle-borne epidemics typically travel faster than sexually transmitted ones. - Answer true
______ youth are arrested for drug crimes at rates 3.5-5.5 times higher than White youth. -
Answer black youth
White young adults are more likely than other races to have used illegal drugs during their
lifetime. - Answer true
LGBTQ individuals are among the least likely population to use and abuse drugs. - Answer
false
______ have the lowest lifetime rate of illegal drug use among 18- to 25-year-olds living in the
United States. - Answer Asains
The argument that drug use may increase in times of anomie, or normlessness, is most closely
associated with which theoretical perspective? - Answer functionalism
Symbolic interactionists consider drug use to be a product of interacting with people who teach
one how to interpret the physiological and psychological effects of drugs. - Answer true
, In the mid-1800s, ______ was legally purchased and commonly used recreationally by middle-
and upper-class women in the United States. - Answer heroin
Which of the following theories would analyze how social breakdown in one's family and
community can lead to drug abuse? - Answer social disorganization theory
General strain theory suggests that drug abuse might result from all of the following except
______. - Answer the acquired sense of fun and excitement one gains from interacting with
peers who use and abuse drugs
Whether or not an extreme natural event in the environment becomes a social problem
depends upon ______. - Answer how society is organized and information distributed
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has projected the sea level will rise by over 20
meters by 2100. - Answer false
Globally, the warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998. - Answer true
What is currently known as climate change had previously been known as ______. - Answer
global warming
Why is waste a social problem and a problem of social justice? - Answer Negative health
effects of waste are experienced primarily by low status groups.
From a sociopolitical point of view, it is easier to locate waste facilities and polluting industries
near low-status communities because members of those communities do not complain, as they
fear being kicked out of their homes. - Answer false
For symbolic interactionists especially, environmental problems involve experiences and
interpretations. This means that different people can experience the same ecological event but
have very different views about the consequences. Why is this? - Answer The frame
alignment of the issues is not the same for all parties.
The ______ perspective suggests that the capitalist economy is organized to promote cost
cutting and expansion, so the environmental benefits of new technology will always be limited. -
Answer treadmill of production
Social constructionists largely assume that environmental problems have an objective, scientific
grounding. - Answer false
