soc ch 3

Identify a true statement about drug use in the 1960s and/or the 1970s.

Illicit drug use for marijuana, cocaine, and hallucinogens skyrocketed from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s.

Identify a true statement about the American Temperance Society.

In its early days, it advocated moderation in alcohol consumption.

According to the 1979 National Household Survey's retrospective estimates, which of the following is true of LSD use during 1960-1979? Multiple choice question.

It remained at an extremely low level in 1960.

Identify a true statement about the synthetic era of drug consumption.

It started when scientists began to create drugs entirely from chemicals whose combinations are not found in nature.

First synthesized in 1938, its effects were discovered in 1943 and was initially studied as a possible cure for schizophrenia.

LSD

Synthesized in the 1950s, it was first used as an anesthetic and animal tranquilizer.

PCP, or phencyclidine

According to the Monitoring the Future survey, the substance whose use declined most dramatically and most consistently during the previous decade and a half has been

cigarettes

In 1830, 60 percent of the alcohol consumed in America was in the form of ______.

distilled spirits

The first era of drug taking is known as the ______ era of drug consumption.

natural

The consumption of alcohol declined after 1830 because

of the impact of the temperance movement

The projections backwards in time, based on a respondent's age and the age at which he or she began using one or more drugs are known as

retrospective estimates

Which of the following eras initiated the modern era of drug use?

the 1960s

According to the Monitoring the Future survey on high school seniors, 1979 was

the high point in recreational drug use in the United States

Absolute alcohol refers to ______.

the volume of ethanol that is contained in a given alcoholic beverage

Which of the following are true about alcohol consumption after the 1960s? (select all that apply)

-After 1998 and into the twenty-first century, the consumption of alcohol began to inch upward. -Alcohol consumption declined steadily throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

Which of the following developments between 1830 and 1850 are viewed as the real-world impact of the temperance movement?

-Local taverns were denied licenses. -Employers stopped supplying liquor on the job. -Politicians ceased "treating" their constituents with alcohol.

Which of the following occurred in the transformative era of drug consumption? (select all that apply)

-Morphine was extracted from opium. -Diacetylmorphine was synthesized from morphine. -Cocaine was extracted from coca leaves.

Identify the true statements about the transformative era of drug consumption. (select all that apply)

-The key to this era is that humans created a new substance from a natural plant product by means of a chemical extraction. -It began with discoveries and innovations that produced substances that are more potent than natural plant products.

Identify the true statements about the natural era of drug consumption. (select all that apply)

-The natural era included the innovation of the distillation of alcoholic beverages. -In ancient and tribal societies, the use of mind-altering drugs tended to take place either in a religious and ceremonial context or as medicine.

Identify the observations made by the Monitoring the Future study of high school seniors about the attitudes of high school seniors on drug use during the 1970s.

-The percentage of twelfth-graders disapproving of the consumption of illicit substances declined between 1975 and 1979. -The percentage of high school seniors saying that drug use is harmful decreased between the mid-to-late 1970s.

Identify the indirect alcohol-related indicators used to determine consumption figures during the Prohibition years. (select all that apply)

-drunk driving citations -hospital admissions for alcohol-related dementia -arrests for drunk and disorderly conduct -the rates of cirrhosis of the liver

alcoholic beverages with the percentages of alcohol they contain [wine]

13%

Records indicate that ______ was the high point in the United States's alcohol consumption.

1830

alcoholic beverages with the percentages of alcohol they contain [distilled spirits]

40-50%

If 100 ounces of beer is poured into a bucket, then the bucket would contain ______.

5 ounces of absolute alcohol

alcoholic beverages with the percentages of alcohol they contain [beer]

5%

Which of the following is true of the findings of the 1979-1991 national household figures on drug use?

By 1991, the percentage of youth ages 12-17 who said they had used marijuana once or more in the past month declined.

During the 1970s, a majority of states made the possession of marijuana illegal, indicating that legislators sensed a less accepting public attitude toward marijuana. True or False

False

Historians have no record of the consumption of alcohol during the colonial times. True or False

False

Identify a true statement about surveys on the pattern of drug use during 1960-1979.

The 1979 national household survey made use of retrospective estimates.

Which of the following developments that took place in 1826 affected alcohol consumption?

The American Temperance Society was founded.

According to the Monitoring the Future Survey, identify a trend that was noted in the 1970s.

The attitudes toward illicit drug use became increasingly tolerant.

Which of the following are true of current drug use trends according to the Monitoring the Future survey?

The chance that schoolchildren are using club drugs remains negligible.

Identify a trend in the consumption of alcohol from 1790s to 1919.

The consumption of alcohol rose from 5.8 gallons in 1790 to 7.1 gallons in 1830.

Identify a trend noted by the 1979-1991 national household figures for illicit drug use.

The consumption of illicit drugs declined between the late 1970s and the early 1990s for all age categories.

Identify a true statement about alcohol consumption from colonial times to 1919

The sale of alcohol was legal in most places from colonial times to 1919

How can comparisons between the sale of alcohol and its consumption be made meaningful?

The sale of each alcoholic beverage has to be converted into the total amount of alcohol contained in each.

According to the Monitoring the Future survey, which of the following is true of high school seniors' drug-use related attitudes and behaviors in the 1970s?

The trends in illicit drug use during the 1970s were paralleled by attitudes toward drug use during that period.

Identify a true statement about the Prohibition Party formed in 1867.

They ran political candidates on an anti-liquor platform.

In contrast with the alcohol consumption figures for the post-Prohibition era, the consumption figures during the Prohibition years ______.

are based on indirect alcohol-related indicators