Social Problems: Chapter 13 Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Which of the following statements is true of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)? AA teaches that participants must drink no more than one ounce of alcohol per day and agree to make amends to people they have hurt in the past. AA teaches that participants must acknowledge they have a lack of control over alcohol use and abstain from all alcoholic beverages for the rest of their lives. AA teaches that participants must learn to drink no more than one ounce of alcohol per day by entering a 30-day drug rehabilitation facility, followed by regular meetings with other recovering alcoholics. AA teaches that participants must acknowledge they have a lack of control over alcohol use and agree to attend regular meetings where they will learn to drink alcoholic beverages in moderation.

AA teaches that participants must acknowledge they have a lack of control over alcohol use and abstain from all alcoholic beverages for the rest of their lives.

Which of the following statements is true of drug prevalence data gathered by asking people what drugs they have ever used? Although people may underestimate their use of certain drugs, drug prevalence data still show reliable trends in drug use over time. The data have little use for social scientists because people never admit to using illegal drugs. Because people often do not tell the truth about which drugs they have used, these data are not useful to social scientists. The data are highly inaccurate because responses are only collected from people between ages 18 and 35.

Although people may underestimate their use of certain drugs, drug prevalence data still show reliable trends in drug use over time.

Which of the following statements is accurate regarding the consumption of oxycodone in the United States compared to other countries? The United States has the highest per capita consumption of these drugs, but the largest share of the world's oxycodone supply is consumed in China. Despite the opioid crisis, Americans consume only 4 percent of all the oxycodone produced in the world, the least of any other country. Americans currently consume about 20 percent of all the oxycodone produced in the world, which is approximately the same share as that consumed in the United Kingdom. Americans consume more than 80 percent of all the oxycodone produced in the world.

Americans consume more than 80 percent of all the oxycodone produced in the world.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about alcohol consumption in the United States in the early eighteenth century compared to today? Drinking rates in the United States have remained relatively steady from the early eighteenth century until the present day. Researchers have been unable to estimate drinking rates in the United States in the early eighteenth century but argue that Americans began consuming alcohol in growing quantities after Prohibition was repealed in 1933. Americans drink more today than they did in the early eighteenth century. Americans drink less today than they did in the early eighteenth century.

Americans drink less today than they did in the early eighteenth century.

Which of the following statements best describes the trend in drinking and driving over the past 30 years? Drinking-related fatalities due to car accidents have increased greatly. Drinking-related fatalities due to car accidents have declined greatly. Despite many efforts to reduce them, the number of drinking-related car fatalities has remained nearly unchanged. The data are inconclusive because while there has been an increase in drinking-related fatalities, more cars are on the road today than 30 years ago.

Drinking-related fatalities due to car accidents have declined greatly.

__________ is a term that refers to the practice of using a drug at regular intervals, and the term applies even when a drug user does not report feeling compelled to use the drug as a means of avoiding pain or experiencing a heightened sense of well-being. Psychological dependency Deep diving Habituation Physical dependency

Habituation

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between gender and alcohol consumption? Men drink more on average than women and are more likely to abuse alcohol. Women drink more on average than men, but men are more likely to abuse alcohol. Women drink more on average than men and are more likely to abuse alcohol. Men drink more on average than women, but women are more likely to abuse alcohol.

Men drink more on average than women and are more likely to abuse alcohol.

Of any religious group, __________ have the lowest rates of alcohol consumption. Seventh-day Adventists Muslims Catholics Episcopalians

Muslims

__________ there is little evidence that marijuana users severely damage themselves, but at least until recently, the __________ view has been that marijuana is a dangerous drug even when consumed in the privacy of one's home. Subjectively; objective Unintentionally; intentional Objectively; subjective Anecdotally; objective

Objectively; subjective

__________ played a big role in significantly increasing surveillance of and criminal penalties for the sale, possession, and consumption of nonprescription drugs in the United States. President Ronald Reagan Martin Luther King, Jr. President Jimmy Carter President Barack Obama

President Ronald Reagan

Amphetamines are stimulants, but in young children, some amphetamine-type drugs decrease activity and __________. cause kidney stones cause hair growth can be used as a growth hormone can improve attention span

can improve attention span

Binge drinking is determined by __________. how many days in a row a person consumes alcohol how many drinks a person consumes in one session the number of days in a row a person becomes inebriated the strength of the alcoholic beverage a person typically consumes

how many drinks a person consumes in one session

Overdose deaths from cocaine have __________ since 2012, while the use of crack cocaine has __________ since the mid-1990s. increased; decreased decreased; also decreased increased; also increased decreased; increased

increased; decreased

In the nineteenth century, the use of morphine was mainly associated with __________, and morphine addicts were viewed __________. working-class men; with pity middle-class white women; with pity black men; as morally deficient lower-class white women; as morally deficient

middle-class white women; with pity

Those who support marijuana legalization argue that marijuana does little if any harm to people or their communities, while opponents argue that marijuana is a gateway drug to stronger drugs. Sociologist Howard S. Becker found marijuana users to be __________. domineering and prone to rage non-compulsive and casual manipulative and untruthful compulsive and psychotic

non-compulsive and casual