Ch01
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. Humans began using mind-altering substances:
A. during the 1960s
B. in Europe during the Middle Ages
C. in ancient Greece and Rome
D. in ancient Egypt 4,000 years ago
E. during prehistoric times tens of thousands of years ago
2. Drugs can be classified according to their legal status, and whether they are used instrumentally versus
recreationally. Taking an amphetamine, without prescription, to cram all night for a final exam is an
example of:
A. legal instrumental use
B. illegal instrumental use
C. legal recreational use
D. illegal recreational use
E. none of the above
3. Taking Ambien via prescription to get to sleep is an example of:
A. legal instrumental use
B. illegal instrumental use
C. legal recreational use
D. illegal recreational use
E. none of the above
4. An adult drinking alcohol to feel pleasant is an example of:
A. legal instrumental use
B. illegal instrumental use
C. legal recreational use
D. illegal recreational use
E. none of the above
5. Taking LSD to get high is an example of:
A. legal instrumental use
B. illegal instrumental use
C. legal recreational use
D. illegal recreational use
E. none of the above
6. The history of drug use may be divided into the natural era, the transformative era, and the synthetic era.
Which of the following drugs was produced and first consumed during its natural era?
A. opium
B. amphetamines
C. Ambien
D. morphine
E. none of the above
7. Which of the following drugs was produced and first consumed during its transformative era?
A. alcohol
B. peyote
C. heroin
D. Barbital
E. none of the above
,8. Which of the following drugs was produced and first consumed by humans during its synthetic era?
A. marijuana
B. psychedelic mushrooms
C. LSD
D. cocaine
E. none of the above
9. The substance that causes the greatest total harm with respect to death and disease is:
A. tobacco
B. alcohol
C. heroin
D. cocaine
E. prescription drugs
10. On a dose-for-dose basis, which of the following drugs causes the greatest amount of harm, including
death by overdose?
A. alcohol
B. cocaine
C. heroin
D. marijuana
E. tobacco
11. The proportion of tobacco smokers who use tobacco abusively and compulsively is:
A. none, or a minuscule proportion
B. a substantial minority—roughly a quarter of all smokers
C. roughly half
D. a substantial majority—roughly three-quarters of all smokers
E. all or nearly all
12. Chronic, abusive cocaine and heroin use is most likely to:
A. take place in rural areas
B. take place in the suburbs
C. be concentrated the inner cities
D. be randomly throughout the United States
E. none of the above
13. The use and abuse of the artificial narcotics (such as fentanyl and oxycodone) is most likely to:
A. take place in rural areas
B. take place in the suburbs
C. be concentrated in the inner cities
D. be randomly distributed throughout the United States
E. none of the above
14. The most commonly used illicit substance is:
A. marijuana
B. oxycodone
C. heroin
D. methamphetamine
E. cocaine
15. Since 2000, the percentage of junior high school and high school students who use Ecstasy and the other
club drugs has:
A. increased
B. decreased
C. remained stable
D. fluctuated wildly and randomly from year to year
E. none of the above
,16. Which of the following psychoactive substances are users most "loyal" to, that is whose use manifests the
highest continuance rate?
A. alcohol
B. marijuana
C. cocaine
D. heroin
E. LSD
17. The only drug that a majority of at-least one-time users have taken during the past month is:
A. alcohol
B. marijuana
C. cocaine
D. heroin
E. LSD
18. A Schedule I drug is one that the government defines as having:
A. medical utility and a low potential for abuse
B. no medical utility but a low potential for abuse
C. medical utility but a high potential for abuse
D. no medical utility and a high potential for abuse
E. none of the above
19. Which of the following is an example of a Schedule I drug at the federal level:
A. cocaine
B. morphine
C. amphetamine
D. marijuana
E. none of the above
20. Which of the following is an example of a Schedule II drug at the federal level:
A. LSD
B. PCP
C. heroin
D. Prozac
E. none of the above
21. This chapter opened with a news story the conclusion of which was that heroin use is common among
middle class suburban teenagers. Is adolescent heroin abuse in America's middle class suburbs as
widespread as this news report claims? Evaluate this claim in the light of the discussions presented in this
chapter.
22. Briefly summarize the different definitions of what a "drug" is. Which of these definitions are most
relevant to the approach adopted in this book, and why?
, 23. Why are both the "essentialistic"(or "objectivistic") and the "constructionist" (or "subjective") definitions
of what a drug is both relevant to a sociological consideration of drug use?
24. Is alcohol a drug? Discuss.
25. Why is the term drug abuse problematic, slanted, and inexact?
26. Discuss some of the social changes, both nationally and worldwide, that have facilitated drug use during
the past generation or so.
27. What are some of the most important ways that legal drug use differs from illegal use? What are some of
the ways that instrumental drug use differs from recreational use? Provide examples of each type.
28. Among the points made in the "Overview" section of this chapter, which one do you believe is the most
sociologically important, and why?
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. Humans began using mind-altering substances:
A. during the 1960s
B. in Europe during the Middle Ages
C. in ancient Greece and Rome
D. in ancient Egypt 4,000 years ago
E. during prehistoric times tens of thousands of years ago
2. Drugs can be classified according to their legal status, and whether they are used instrumentally versus
recreationally. Taking an amphetamine, without prescription, to cram all night for a final exam is an
example of:
A. legal instrumental use
B. illegal instrumental use
C. legal recreational use
D. illegal recreational use
E. none of the above
3. Taking Ambien via prescription to get to sleep is an example of:
A. legal instrumental use
B. illegal instrumental use
C. legal recreational use
D. illegal recreational use
E. none of the above
4. An adult drinking alcohol to feel pleasant is an example of:
A. legal instrumental use
B. illegal instrumental use
C. legal recreational use
D. illegal recreational use
E. none of the above
5. Taking LSD to get high is an example of:
A. legal instrumental use
B. illegal instrumental use
C. legal recreational use
D. illegal recreational use
E. none of the above
6. The history of drug use may be divided into the natural era, the transformative era, and the synthetic era.
Which of the following drugs was produced and first consumed during its natural era?
A. opium
B. amphetamines
C. Ambien
D. morphine
E. none of the above
7. Which of the following drugs was produced and first consumed during its transformative era?
A. alcohol
B. peyote
C. heroin
D. Barbital
E. none of the above
,8. Which of the following drugs was produced and first consumed by humans during its synthetic era?
A. marijuana
B. psychedelic mushrooms
C. LSD
D. cocaine
E. none of the above
9. The substance that causes the greatest total harm with respect to death and disease is:
A. tobacco
B. alcohol
C. heroin
D. cocaine
E. prescription drugs
10. On a dose-for-dose basis, which of the following drugs causes the greatest amount of harm, including
death by overdose?
A. alcohol
B. cocaine
C. heroin
D. marijuana
E. tobacco
11. The proportion of tobacco smokers who use tobacco abusively and compulsively is:
A. none, or a minuscule proportion
B. a substantial minority—roughly a quarter of all smokers
C. roughly half
D. a substantial majority—roughly three-quarters of all smokers
E. all or nearly all
12. Chronic, abusive cocaine and heroin use is most likely to:
A. take place in rural areas
B. take place in the suburbs
C. be concentrated the inner cities
D. be randomly throughout the United States
E. none of the above
13. The use and abuse of the artificial narcotics (such as fentanyl and oxycodone) is most likely to:
A. take place in rural areas
B. take place in the suburbs
C. be concentrated in the inner cities
D. be randomly distributed throughout the United States
E. none of the above
14. The most commonly used illicit substance is:
A. marijuana
B. oxycodone
C. heroin
D. methamphetamine
E. cocaine
15. Since 2000, the percentage of junior high school and high school students who use Ecstasy and the other
club drugs has:
A. increased
B. decreased
C. remained stable
D. fluctuated wildly and randomly from year to year
E. none of the above
,16. Which of the following psychoactive substances are users most "loyal" to, that is whose use manifests the
highest continuance rate?
A. alcohol
B. marijuana
C. cocaine
D. heroin
E. LSD
17. The only drug that a majority of at-least one-time users have taken during the past month is:
A. alcohol
B. marijuana
C. cocaine
D. heroin
E. LSD
18. A Schedule I drug is one that the government defines as having:
A. medical utility and a low potential for abuse
B. no medical utility but a low potential for abuse
C. medical utility but a high potential for abuse
D. no medical utility and a high potential for abuse
E. none of the above
19. Which of the following is an example of a Schedule I drug at the federal level:
A. cocaine
B. morphine
C. amphetamine
D. marijuana
E. none of the above
20. Which of the following is an example of a Schedule II drug at the federal level:
A. LSD
B. PCP
C. heroin
D. Prozac
E. none of the above
21. This chapter opened with a news story the conclusion of which was that heroin use is common among
middle class suburban teenagers. Is adolescent heroin abuse in America's middle class suburbs as
widespread as this news report claims? Evaluate this claim in the light of the discussions presented in this
chapter.
22. Briefly summarize the different definitions of what a "drug" is. Which of these definitions are most
relevant to the approach adopted in this book, and why?
, 23. Why are both the "essentialistic"(or "objectivistic") and the "constructionist" (or "subjective") definitions
of what a drug is both relevant to a sociological consideration of drug use?
24. Is alcohol a drug? Discuss.
25. Why is the term drug abuse problematic, slanted, and inexact?
26. Discuss some of the social changes, both nationally and worldwide, that have facilitated drug use during
the past generation or so.
27. What are some of the most important ways that legal drug use differs from illegal use? What are some of
the ways that instrumental drug use differs from recreational use? Provide examples of each type.
28. Among the points made in the "Overview" section of this chapter, which one do you believe is the most
sociologically important, and why?
