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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the legalization of marijuana a complex issue?

2. Why were the stimulant properties in coffee and tea the ideal drug of the industrial revolution?

3. How had the natural world come to be seen by the late Roman times?

4. What had caused the abandonment of Catal Huyuk?

5. What is the most powerful of all hallucinogens?

Short Essay Questions

1. If cannabis was legal, what would it do to influence social structure?

2. What was considered history's joke on Europe?

3. What is the difference between heroin and tobacco regarding addiction?

4. What likely caused the fall of Catal Huyuk, and where did its inhabitants go?

5. How did coffee and tea support the sugar trade?

6. Why is watching television comparable to narcotic addiction? What properties support this? How might it be worse?

7. What were the first of the Europeans to outlaw tobacco? What affect did this have on consumption?

8. What motifs of a barely remembered mushroom cult are evident in the story of Glaukos?

9. How could Glaukos represent the Stropharia cubensis mushroom?

10. In what ways were opium ingested and what sparked the change in ingestion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hypothesize the outcome of the legalization of all drugs. Would this create more or less of a problem in management? Why? How might society function with all drugs legalized? In what ways would society change? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss shamanic ritualized use of mushrooms. Should it be classified as a religion and therefore practicable by all? Why or why not? According to McKenna, what sort of 'divine experience' is possible on indole hallucinogens? Is this the worship of a false idol? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the current state of drug control. Do you think the model of regulation is effective? Why or why not? What should the government do about the 'drug problem' in America? Do you think McKenna was on the right track when he said that drugs should be legalized? Why or why not?

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