Title: Drugs and Society Text: Ninth Edition, Glen R. Hanson, Peter J. Venturelli, Annette E. Fleckenstein
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1:  In Ganja in Jamaica, authors Rubin and Comitas found that in contrast to popular beliefs about marijuana users in the U.S., Jamaican users who constantly used marijuana were ______.
A: suffering from extensive amounts of amotivational syndrome
B: involved in deviant and criminal activity
C: extremely diligent and hard working
D: unreliable and very unproductive

2:  Marijuana was incorrectly classified as a narcotic __________.
A: in The Marijuana Tax Act
B: by The American Pediatric Association
C: in a 1932 publication of "Time" magazine
D: by George Washington during his inaugural speech

3:  Structural factors that influence the likelihood of drug use include:
A: the type of house a person lives in (apartment, 2-story, duplex, etc.)
B: the aptitude of the local police force
C: high school rules and regulations
D: age, gender and religion

4:  Dioecious is a term used to _______________________.
A: denote the existence of male and female marijuana plants
B: denote that male and female plants do not exist. Plants are self-pollinating.
C: explain the combination effect smoking marijuana has on both the appetite and conscious
D: explain the craving for sweet food while under the influence of THC

5:  The medical use of marijuana has proven useful in treating all of the following except ______.
A: muscle spasms
B: glaucoma
C: depression
D: narcolepsy (a sleep disorder)
E: All of the above

6:  Which of the following statements are true? 1) Marijuana has always been illegal in the United States because the early pioneers associated the drug with Native American religious ceremonies. 2) Hashish, the thick resin from the female plan, contains THC levels that range from 3.6-28%. 3) THC can reach the brain within fourteen seconds when inhaled. 4) In 2003, out of 19.5 million current drug users, 54.6% reported the use of marijuana only.
A: 1 only
B: 1, 2, and 3 only
C: 2, 3, and 4 only
D: 1, 3, and 4 only
E: All of the above are true

7:  ___________ refers to how individuals are socialized into the perceptions of a group; this can include the perceptions of drug effects and how one should respond.
A: Peer-induced high
B: Structural association
C: Influential association
D: Differential association

8:  Most recent first-time marijuana users 15 years of age and younger were more likely to have used _______ before using _________.
A: marijuana; cigarettes or alcohol
B: cigarettes; marijuana or alcohol
C: household inhalants; cigarettes or marijuana
D: alcohol; marijuana or alcohol

9:  Marijuana was subsidized by the US government during World War II in order to make rope.
A: True
B: False

10:  According to the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, the age cohort reporting the highest lifetime use of marijuana was 26-34 years of age.
A: True
B: False

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