Brazoria County Sheriff's Department

Narcotic Division

Drug quiz

The following quiz is designed to probe your knowledge about drug abuse. By drug abuse we mean the use of any chemical substance for non medicinal purposes, which results in the impaired physical, mental, emotional, or social health of the user.
Some questions have more than one answer. It's not important that you get the right answers-this quiz won't be graded. What is important is that you start thinking about the impact that drug abuse has on all of our lives.

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• 1) During which period(s) was drug abuse a problem in the United States?
  1. during the Civil War
  2. in the 1950's
  3. in the 1960's
  4. all of the above
• 2) Which age group has the highest percentage of drug abusers?
  1. 10-17
  2. 18-25
  3. 26-35
  4. 36-60
  5. 61 and over
• 3) How do most drug users make their first contact with illicit drugs?
  1. through "pushers"
  2. through their friends
  3. accidentally
  4. through the media
• 4) Which is the most commonly used drug in the United States?
  1. marijuana
  2. alcohol
  3. cocaine
  4. heroin
• 5) Which of the following poses the greatest health hazard to most people in the united states?
  1. cigarettes
  2. heroin
  3. codeine
  4. LSD
  5. caffeine
• 6) Which of the following is not a narcotic?
  1. heroin
  2. marijuana
  3. morphine
  4. methadone
• 7) Which of the following is not a stimulant?
  1. amphetamine
  2. caffeine
  3. methaqualone
  4. methamphetamine
• 8) Which of the following drugs does not cause physical dependence?
  1. alcohol
  2. morphine
  3. peyote
  4. secobarnital
  5. codeine
• 9) Which of the following poses the highest immediate risk to experimenters?
  1. inhalants
  2. marijuana
  3. nicotine
  4. LSD
• 10) Overall, why is intravenous injection the most dangerous method of using illicit drugs?
  1. because the drugs enter the system so rapidly
  2. because nonsterile equipment and solutions can cause serious complications
  3. because users usually get a larger amount of the drug by this method
  4. (a) and (c) only
  5. (a), (b), and (c)
• 11) When does a person who uses heroin become physically dependent?
  1. immediately (first time)
  2. after four or five times
  3. after prolonged use (20 times or more)
  4. different for each person
• 12) When people become dependent on heroin, what is the primary reason they continue to take it?
  1. experience pleasure
  2. avoid withdrawal
  3. escape reality
  4. gain acceptance among friends
• 13) Which of the following has (have) been used effectively to treat drug abusers?
  1. methadone maintenance
  2. detoxification (medically supervised drug withdrawal)
  3. drug-free therapy
  4. psychotherapy
  5. all of the above
• 14) Which of the following are the social costs of drug abuse?
  1. loss of employee productivity
  2. increased possibility of auto accidents
  3. depletion of already scarce drug abuse resources
  4. (b) and (c) only
  5. (a), (b), and (c)
• 15) What is the most unpredictable drug of abuse on the street today?
  1. PCP
  2. heroin
  3. LSD
  4. alcohol
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