Chapter 3
Identify the important classes of drug laws. - A group of laws that has resulted in the
criminalization of certain types of drug use, possession, and sales
A group of laws that regulates the practices of entities that manufacture or dispense
legal drugs
symbolic impacts - these cause people who promote such laws to gain immediate
social status by being identified with political power and as supporting goodness,
morality, and decency
instrumental impacts - these refer to the consequences to those affected by the
implementation of such laws, including those who are arrested and their families, and
those whose livelihood depend upon the implementation of these laws
Rank the regulations in the US in the order in which they were implemented, beginning
with the first to be implemented. - the regulation of pharmaceutical manufacturing and
%
sales
the regulation of opioids and cocaine
the prohibition of alcohol
The period between 1890 and 1920 has been called the "nadir" (lowest point) of
_______ in the US. - race relations
In the early 1800s in the US, physicians prescribed various forms of _____ liberally and
with only limited concern about patients developing dependence. - opium
The 1850s in the US saw the introduction of _______, which was a potent delivery
system for morphine that led to increasing medical recognition of the negative aspects
of "morphinism". - hypodermic syringes
T or F
, The broadest impact on drug use in the US during the late 19th century and early 20th
century came from the widespread legal distribution of patent medicines, which were
dispensed by traveling peddlers and were readily available at local stores for
self-medication. - True
What do an 1875 San Francisco ordinance, an 1882 New York law, and an 1890
federal act in the US all have in common? - They all regulated the manufacture and
use of opium
What happened as more states and municipalities outlawed opium dens in the US? -
the cost of black market opium increased
The largely unsubstantiated fear that ____ was important in building support for federal
drug control laws among Southern senators and congressmen in the US despite their
opposition to increasing federalism. - cocaine use was responsible for an increase in
violent crimes
%
One of the precursors to the Pure Food and Drugs Act was the 1906 publication of
________, which exposed the horrible unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking
industry and shocked Congress and America. - Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
Where did the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act achieve by regulating interstate
commerce? - it brought the federal government full force into the drug marketplace
According to the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act, misbranding referred ______. - only
to labels, not to general advertising
According to the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act, the packaging of drugs had to
indicate _____. - what proportion of habit forming drugs they included
In the early 1900s, Dr. Hamilton Wright, the father of American narcotics laws, decided
the US could gain favored trading status with China by leading international efforts to
_______. - reduce opium importation
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