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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. When did cocaine and heroin become illegal in the USA?

2. What was No. 4 China White?

3. What is promoted by this toxic diet?

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

5. What was the first synthetic drug?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what areas were promising results revealed in LSD medicine?

4. What are some main issues regarding sugar addiction? What about production?

5. In what ways is alcohol a problem for society?

6. What are the downsides to coffee addiction?

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

8. What was the difference in the tobacco's smoked by the natives in South America and the tobacco cultivated in Europe?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

McKenna makes the argument that humans are pre-programmed to search out forms of intoxication. Do you agree or disagree with this assessment? What arguments other than those of McKenna do you have to support your position?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the legal substances as a form of control. If McKenna is right, then how are some of the illegal substances a form of liberation? How would these negatively impact the level of control the government could exert on the population?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss alcohol consumption. How is it one of the most prevalent substances to induce intoxication on the market? What characteristic lends it it's stability in the consumerist marketplace? What is the problem with prolonged consumption?

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