EDHS 2240 Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest Version 2025
The dominant current approach to the control of illicit recreational drugs in the U.S. is:
A. depenalization
B. legalization
C. prescription
D. prohibition
E. none of the above - Answers D. Prohibition
The Iron Law of Prohibition states that the stricter and more intense the enforcement of the laws
against recreational drug use, the:
A. more popular a given prohibited drug will become
B. less popular a given prohibited drug will become
C. more potent the prohibited substance will become
D. less potent the prohibited substance will become
E. none of the above - Answers C. more potent the prohibited substance will become
The drug control policy that prevails in the Netherlands and Switzerland is:
A. full legalization
B. full decriminalization
C. harm reduction
D. a full prohibitionist and punitive policy
E. none of the above - Answers C. harm reduction
Several states have made the possession of small quantities of marijuana a civil infraction, similar to a
parking ticket. This policy is referred to as:
A. legalization
B. maintenance
C. full decriminalization
D. partial decriminalization
,E. none of the above - Answers D. partial decriminalization
A needle exchange program, which operates in some countries of Europe and some cities in the United
Kingdom, is an example of which of the following policies:
A. harm reduction
B. legalization
C. decriminalization
D. maintenance
E. none of the above - Answers A. harm reduction
A policy of harm reduction is:
A. a moralistically-driven proposal.
B. an ideologically-driven proposal.
C. a program of full and complete legalization.
D. a program of full and complete decriminalization.
E. a pragmatical or consequentialist-driven proposal. - Answers E. a pragmatical or consequentialist-
driven proposal.
According to the text, criminalizing illicit drugs increases the "hassle factor," which:
A. is harmful to addicts and abusers and to society as a whole; all drugs should be depenalized.
B. keeps drugs hard to get, expensive, and increases the likelihood of arrest, and hence, decreases the
rate of use of those drugs that are criminalized.
C. argues that some drugs should be legalized while others should be kept criminalized.
D. is a major factor in keeping the poor in poverty.
E. none of the above - Answers B. keeps drugs hard to get, expensive, and increases the likelihood of
arrest, and hence, decreases the rate of use of those drugs that are criminalized.
A major plank in the legalizer's platform is that drug use/abuse:
A. will not rise significantly under legalization.
B. will rise significantly under legalization, but it will be worth it.
C. will actually decline under legalization.
, D. could rise significantly, decline significantly, or remain stable, under legalization; no one knows, but
let's legalize anyway and "let the chips fall where they may."
E. none of the above - Answers A. will not rise significantly under legalization.
Drug legalization:
A. represents a single proposal: remove all criminal penalties on the possession and distribution of all
currently illegal drugs
B. is likely to be instituted for all the currently illicit drugs within the present decade
C. is the drug policy that prevails in all countries of Europe
D. is not, according to Drugs in American Society, a serious proposal; it has no hope of implementation
at any time in the foreseeable future
E. none of the above - Answers D. is not, according to Drugs in American Society, a serious proposal; it
has no hope of implementation at any time in the foreseeable future
According to the text, the "doomsayers" who argue that, in all likelihood, the worst case scenario—a
huge increase in harmful drug abuse—will come about under drug legalization are:
A. right.
B. wrong.
C. could be right or wrong—who knows?
D. are optimists—the outcome will be even worse than the "doomsayers" predict.
E. none of the above. - Answers B. wrong.
Legalizers believe that:
A. the demand for drugs is variable and elastic.
B. the currently illegal drugs are much more harmful than the legal drugs are.
C. criminalization deters use.
D. prohibition encourages the distribution and use of weaker, less dangerous drugs.
E. an illicit drug market tends to sell contaminated and dangerous drugs; legalization would enforce
controls on purity and potency. - Answers D. prohibition encourages the distribution and use of weaker,
less dangerous drugs.
A defense of the punitive policy toward drug possession and sale is that criminalizing drugs:
The dominant current approach to the control of illicit recreational drugs in the U.S. is:
A. depenalization
B. legalization
C. prescription
D. prohibition
E. none of the above - Answers D. Prohibition
The Iron Law of Prohibition states that the stricter and more intense the enforcement of the laws
against recreational drug use, the:
A. more popular a given prohibited drug will become
B. less popular a given prohibited drug will become
C. more potent the prohibited substance will become
D. less potent the prohibited substance will become
E. none of the above - Answers C. more potent the prohibited substance will become
The drug control policy that prevails in the Netherlands and Switzerland is:
A. full legalization
B. full decriminalization
C. harm reduction
D. a full prohibitionist and punitive policy
E. none of the above - Answers C. harm reduction
Several states have made the possession of small quantities of marijuana a civil infraction, similar to a
parking ticket. This policy is referred to as:
A. legalization
B. maintenance
C. full decriminalization
D. partial decriminalization
,E. none of the above - Answers D. partial decriminalization
A needle exchange program, which operates in some countries of Europe and some cities in the United
Kingdom, is an example of which of the following policies:
A. harm reduction
B. legalization
C. decriminalization
D. maintenance
E. none of the above - Answers A. harm reduction
A policy of harm reduction is:
A. a moralistically-driven proposal.
B. an ideologically-driven proposal.
C. a program of full and complete legalization.
D. a program of full and complete decriminalization.
E. a pragmatical or consequentialist-driven proposal. - Answers E. a pragmatical or consequentialist-
driven proposal.
According to the text, criminalizing illicit drugs increases the "hassle factor," which:
A. is harmful to addicts and abusers and to society as a whole; all drugs should be depenalized.
B. keeps drugs hard to get, expensive, and increases the likelihood of arrest, and hence, decreases the
rate of use of those drugs that are criminalized.
C. argues that some drugs should be legalized while others should be kept criminalized.
D. is a major factor in keeping the poor in poverty.
E. none of the above - Answers B. keeps drugs hard to get, expensive, and increases the likelihood of
arrest, and hence, decreases the rate of use of those drugs that are criminalized.
A major plank in the legalizer's platform is that drug use/abuse:
A. will not rise significantly under legalization.
B. will rise significantly under legalization, but it will be worth it.
C. will actually decline under legalization.
, D. could rise significantly, decline significantly, or remain stable, under legalization; no one knows, but
let's legalize anyway and "let the chips fall where they may."
E. none of the above - Answers A. will not rise significantly under legalization.
Drug legalization:
A. represents a single proposal: remove all criminal penalties on the possession and distribution of all
currently illegal drugs
B. is likely to be instituted for all the currently illicit drugs within the present decade
C. is the drug policy that prevails in all countries of Europe
D. is not, according to Drugs in American Society, a serious proposal; it has no hope of implementation
at any time in the foreseeable future
E. none of the above - Answers D. is not, according to Drugs in American Society, a serious proposal; it
has no hope of implementation at any time in the foreseeable future
According to the text, the "doomsayers" who argue that, in all likelihood, the worst case scenario—a
huge increase in harmful drug abuse—will come about under drug legalization are:
A. right.
B. wrong.
C. could be right or wrong—who knows?
D. are optimists—the outcome will be even worse than the "doomsayers" predict.
E. none of the above. - Answers B. wrong.
Legalizers believe that:
A. the demand for drugs is variable and elastic.
B. the currently illegal drugs are much more harmful than the legal drugs are.
C. criminalization deters use.
D. prohibition encourages the distribution and use of weaker, less dangerous drugs.
E. an illicit drug market tends to sell contaminated and dangerous drugs; legalization would enforce
controls on purity and potency. - Answers D. prohibition encourages the distribution and use of weaker,
less dangerous drugs.
A defense of the punitive policy toward drug possession and sale is that criminalizing drugs:
