Criminal Justice and Drug Use
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Course Introduction
This course explores the complex relationship between drug use and the criminal justice system. Students will examine the historical and contemporary policies addressing drug use, the impact of drug laws on individuals and communities, and the ways in which law enforcement, courts, and corrections systems respond to drug-related offenses. Key topics include drug classification, trends in substance use, the role of addiction in criminal behavior, disparities in enforcement and sentencing, and approaches to treatment and rehabilitation. Through case studies, legislative analysis, and review of current research, students will develop a critical understanding of how drug policy shapes, and is shaped by, the broader framework of criminal justice.
Recommended Textbook Drug Use and Abuse 1st Canadian Edition by Stephen Maisto
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Chapter 1: Drug Use and Abuse
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Q1) In a 2007 University of Michigan study,what was the number one threat to children's and adolescents' well-being?
A)smoking
B)drug abuse
C)unprotected sex
D)alcohol
Answer: A
Q2) Which statement determines how quickly a drug reaches its site of action?
A)the drug dosage
B)the route of administration
C)the environmental setting
D)the psychological set of the user
Answer: B
Q3) According to a 2008 Canadian survey,what do most Canadians think is the most common reason why people use drugs?
A)availability
B)family problems
C)psychological distress
D)poverty
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Drug Use: Yesterday and Today
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Q1) Marijuana was used as an all-purpose medicine in the 1800s.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which statement represents a historical trend in the use of psychoactive substances?
A)During the 1960s,LSD was used as an adjunct to psychotherapy.
B)During the 1970s,LSD was used as an adjunct to psychotherapy.
C)During the 1980s,"club drugs" gained in popularity.
D)During the 1990s,"club drugs" gained in popularity.
Answer: D
Q3) Why did Chinese workers become targets of resentment in Canada in the late 1800s?
A)Their opium manufacturing skills created more rivalry with their British competitors.
B)The factories they built to produce opium became extremely profitable.
C)These immigrants would work for lower wages than their Canadian counterparts.
D)The communities they were building were inferior to their Canadian counterparts'.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Drugs and the Nervous System
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Q1) The mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway is the brain center involved with memory.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) What has recent research on adult neurogenesis focused on?
A)hippocampus
B)pons
C)medulla
D)thalamus
Answer: A
Q3) Which neurotransmitter is active at the neuromuscular junction?
A)acetylcholine
B)dopamine
C)myosin
D)serotonin
Answer: A
Q4) A compound that occupies and activates a receptor site is called an antagonist.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Pharmacology
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Q1) What happens to a drug when it changes from solid to liquid after being mixed with a liquid?
A)It is dissolved.
B)It is suspended.
C)It is diffused.
D)It is absorbed.
Q2) What does the pharmacological phrase ED 60 mean?
A)60% of nonhuman lab animals die at this particular dose
B)40% of nonhuman lab animals die at this particular dose
C)60% of the patients who receive a given dose will experience a particular effect
D)40% of the patients who receive a given dose will experience a particular effect
Q3) Which drug is most associated with intranasal administration?
A)amphetamine
B)LSD
C)cocaine
D)benzodiazepine
Q4) Why is awareness of drug interactions important? What is the difference between the qualitative and quantitative drug interaction effects?
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Chapter 5: Cocaine, Amphetamines, and Related Stimulants
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Q1) What is "base" another name for?
A)heroin
B)marijuana
C)crack cocaine
D)LSD
Q2) Which laws would have impacted your life if you used cocaine while living in Ontario in 1959?
A)Harrison Narcotics Act
B)Opium and Narcotic Drug Act
C)Opium and Other Drugs Act
D)Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Q3) Describe the effects of chronic stimulant use.
Q4) Cocaine and amphetamines are beta-blockers.
A)True
B)False
Q5) To which country is the coca tree native?
A)South America
B)North America
C)Europe
D)Asia
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Chapter 6: Alcohol
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Q1) It's 2000 BCE.Which type of beverage is now made with more sophisticated measures,based on evidence found in local communities?
A)wine
B)beer
C)vodka
D)whiskey
Q2) Based on the BAC equation,what will the BAC be for a 160-pound man who drinks three 12-ounce regular beers in an hour?
A).06 percent
B).10 percent
C).17 percent
D).20 percent
Q3) What deficiency has Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome been linked to?
A)Vitamin A
B)Vitamin C
C)iron
D)thiamine
Q4) What are the psychological effects of alcohol use?
Q5) What is F.A.S.and who is most at risk?
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Chapter 7: Nicotine
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Q1) In Canada,smoking contributes to more than 45 000 deaths a year.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Biopsychological research data has suggested that individuals who score higher on the personality characteristics of hostility and aggression are less stimulated by a dose of nicotine than are individuals who score lower on these characteristics.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which early monarch denounced the practice of tobacco smoking?
A)King James I of England
B)Queen Isabella of Spain
C)King Philip II of Spain
D)King Ferdinand of Spain
Q4) Which element in smoke contains most of the cancer-causing substances?
A)carbon monoxide
B)tar
C)nicotine
D)carbon dioxide
Q5) Describe Heather Crowe's story and the impact her life had on Canadian society.
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Chapter 8: Caffeine
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Q1) European explorers in the fifteenth century were responsible for the introduction of caffeine into North America.
A)True
B)False
Q2) You were exploring the world in the 15 century and found the cacao plant.Which country were you in?
A)East Africa
B)Ethiopia
C)Mexico
D)West Africa
Q3) What is caffeine's primary action?
A)contraction of the heart
B)stimulation of CNS activity
C)elevation of basal metabolism
D)stimulating effect on respiration
Q4) Fifteenth century explorers found the kola nut in Turkey.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How does caffeine affect mood and performance?
Q6) What are the acute and chronic toxic effects of caffeine?
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Chapter 9: Marijuana
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Q1) Which chemical binds to the same receptors on brain cells as do cannabinoids,prompting its research use to study how the cannabinoid receptors affect various functions?
A)anandamide
B)CBZ
C)acetylcholine
D)serotonin
Q2) Who described his experiences at the Hashish Club in the 1840s?
A)Jacques Moreau
B)Shen Nung
C)Fitz Ludlow
D)Théophile Gautier
Q3) How many individual chemical compounds have been identified in the cannabis plant?
A)20
B)70
C)more than 400
D)more than 2000
Q4) What are the cognitive and emotional effects associated with marijuana use?
Q5) Discuss key issues in Canadian cannabis use and legislation.
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Chapter 10: Hallucinogens
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Q1) Psilocybin mescaline is a Schedule IV level drug under the Canadian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Salvia acts as an agonist of opioid receptors.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Mary Ann woke up after a night of dancing and drinking to realize she had no idea where she was and how she got there.What anesthetic hallucinogen did she consume?
A)ketamine
B)LSD
C)scopolamine
D)muscimole
Q4) Once Peyotism came to Canada,its popularity peaked in the 1960s during the psychedelic era.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe in detail the physiological and psychological effects of LSD and related hallucinogens.
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Chapter 11: Opiates
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Q1) What consequences may a person with a true heroin addiction face?
A)heroin addicts generally have normal life spans
B)heroin addicts are generally uninterested in sex
C)heroin addicts have enlarged hearts
D)heroin addicts generally have fixated,dilated pupils
Q2) What is the early Greek physician Claudius Galen known for doing?
A)being an outspoken opponent of opium abuse
B)being strangely uninformed with respect to the medical benefits of opium
C)having prescribed opium for practically everything
D)having given only limited approval of opium's benefits
Q3) Which drug is associated with "pinpoint" pupils?
A)LSD
B)mescaline
C)marijuana
D)heroin
Q4) What does MPTP toxicity destroy?
A)medulla
B)L-dopa region
C)limbic systems
D)substantia nigra
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Chapter 12: Psychotherapeutic Medications
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Q1) Who was NOT involved in the development of a classification system of mental illnesses in the 1800s?
A)J.E.Esquirol
B)John Cade
C)Emil Kraepelin
D)Phillip Pinel
Q2) In which part of the brain has research demonstrated a link between depression and atrophy and cell loss?
A)hippocampus
B)medulla oblongata
C)hypothalamus
D)pons
Q3) In 2008,psychotherapeutic medications were the highest class of drugs dispensed in Canada.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Barbiturates decrease heart rate and blood pressure at higher doses.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the effects of psychotherapeutic drugs on pregnancy?
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Chapter 13: Other Prescription and Over-The-Counter Drugs
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Q1) Which statement is NOT true regarding GHB?
A)it has always been illegal
B)it was first used as an anesthetic
C)it is difficult to synthesize
D)it is a substance found in the brain
Q2) A pharmaceutical company is excited about a newly developed over-the-counter drug that can treat congestion.What must unfold for the drug before meeting governmental approval?
A)It must be generally recognized as effective.
B)It must be generally recognized as having positive manufacturability.
C)It must be generally recognized as the best drug available for the problem.
D)It must be generally recognized as being economical.
Q3) Which drug promotes development of lean muscle mass?
A)anabolic steroids
B)birth control pills
C)methaqualone
D)guaifenesin
Q4) The effects of the vapours of nitrite last about 40 minutes.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Treatment of Substance-Use Disorders
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Q1) Substance abuse professionals and peer self-help groups are competitive and antagonistic toward one another.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Alcohol and drug treatment that most people receive today is empirically supported by research evidence.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is an alcohol-sensitizing drug?
A)naltrexone
B)buspirone
C)disulfiram
D)acamprosate
Q4) How do economic factors affect alcohol and drug treatment?
Q5) Temposil is an alcohol-sensitizing drug that is available in Canada.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What does treatment outcome research tell us about the effectiveness of alcohol and other drug treatment,respectively?
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Chapter 15: Prevention of Substance Abuse
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Q1) Which type of intervention has development of responsible attitudes and/or substance use behaviours as a goal?
A)primary prevention
B)secondary prevention
C)tertiary prevention
D)contemplation
Q2) The most common substance-abuse prevention interventions have been education and the use of schools.
A)True
B)False
Q3) One advantage of the sociocultural model is that it is applicable to every part of the world.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly identify and describe several contemporary topics and programs in primary and secondary prevention in Canada.
Q5) A major strength of the sociocultural model is that it can be widely applied. A)True B)False
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