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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. What were plant(s) of European witchcraft?

2. What did LSD do?

3. What group had proven itself unable to resist involvement in the world narcotics trade?

4. What existed in the gangster subculture?

5. When is Cannabis akin to a hallucinogen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the mystery get abandoned?

2. What are the downsides to coffee addiction?

3. What do the governments gain in the visible suppression of morphine, heroin, and cocaine?

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

5. What did LSD do to the population, and how did it bring about the sixties?

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

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

8. Why do international intelligence agencies need to propagate narcotics?

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

10. What is the difference between ayahuasca and DMT hallucinations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Explain McKenna's position on legal drugs. What are their origins? Why did they gain immediate popularity? What are their negative side effects? How prevalent are their usage today?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the purpose and benefits from the perspective of a government to having a consumerist population. How is this contrary to what McKenna suggests? What would change socially if this perspective did as well? How would this be contrary to the desires of a governmental establishment?

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