Learning Check 16.1
1. In this society, __________ is often the drug of choice.
2. Two types of __________ have received a great deal of media attention and have been dubbed “date-rape drugs,” or predatory drugs.
3. The color of __________ ranges from white to black.
4. Prescriptions for __________ have practically doubled every year since its release in 1996.
5. __________ refers to when cocaine is used in combination with an opiate such as heroin.
6. The most common form of amphetamine today is __________.
7. Street names for __________ include “Mary Jane,” “pot,” “reefer,” and “weed.”
Learning Check 16.2
1. In 1898, the Bayer Company developed __________, an opium derivative that was 10 times more powerful than morphine.
2. The __________ Amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors in the United States.
3. Some have argued that were it not for the zeal of __________, the commissioner of the new Federal Bureau of Narcotics, marijuana might be legal in the United States today.
4. Some researchers have noted that after years of research, medical experts have not identified a distinctive condition, syndrome, or disorder among babies born of drug-abusing mothers that merits the label __________.
5. New Zealand and __________ are the only countries that allow pharmaceutical companies to advertise their products directly to consumers.
Learning Check 16.3
1. The __________ suggests that drugs and violence are related through psychopharmacological, economically compulsive, and systematic violence.
Answer: Tripartite Conceptual Framework
2. __________ strategies refer to multistep efforts or events that focus on interrupting illicit drug traffic.
3. The four techniques associated with __________ include mechanical destruction, bunting, chemical, and biological.
4. Due to the growing number of offenders with substance-abuse problems clogging up the criminal justice system, __________ courts were established.
5. The __________ policy attempts to incorporate a public health approach to lessen the risks and harms associated with illegal drug use.
