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Multiple-Choice Quiz. Choose the best answer . Blacken/put check in the corresponding letter.
1. To have legal penalties removed.

a. criminalized

b. legalized

c. codified

d. decriminalized

2. _____ lead young people from less-harmful drugs to more-harmful drugs.

a. Gated drugs

b. Gateway drugs

c. Pathway drugs

d. Stepladder drugs

3. High school students who don’t plan to go to college are far more at risk for _____ than students who do plan to
go to college.

a. using illegal drugs

b. drinking alcohol

c. smoking cigarettes

d. all of the above

4. _____ is the most common mind-altering substance used during adolescence.

a. Meth

b. Mushrooms

c. Alcohol

d. Marijuana

5. _____ include(s) products that can be found in ordinary household chemicals.

a. Bleach

b. Aspirin

c. Glucosamine

d. Inhalants

6. Often, prescription drugs are used in conjunction with other substances, especially _____.

a. alcohol

b. inhalants

c. tobacco

d. marijuana

7. Youth drug use is typically a _____ activity.

a. solitary

b. private

c. isolated

d. group

8. _____ brings a person’s blood alcohol concentration to 0.08 gram percent or above.

a. Bungee drinking

b. Binge drinking
 c. Bounce drinking

d. Bilge drinking

9. Neighborhoods with a high degree of _____ can protect their young people from crime, delinquency, and drug
abuse.

a. collective efficacy

b. social disorganization

c. strain

d. electronic monitoring

10. _____ suggests that the decision to use drugs or alcohol is based on the calculated costs and benefits of the
activity.

a. Strain

b. Rational choice

c. Life-course

d. Critical

11. According to the Pathways to Desistance study, _____ delinquents are much more likely than other delinquents to
be substance-users.

a. casual

b. chronic

c. adolescent-limited

d. occasional

12. Substance use and delinquency at a young age consistently predicts _____.

a. occasional offending in adulthood

b. serious offending in adulthood

c. nothing

d. death

13. _____ is the relationship between an event and a following event.

a. Causality

b. Longitude

c. Casualness

d. Timeliness

14. _____ is a highly addictive form of cocaine processed into a crystal.

a. Crack

b. Ice

c. Junk

d. Horse

15. _____ is strongly linked to aggression.

a. Codeine

b. Tobacco

c. Marijuana

d. Alcohol