Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The fear of opium smoking by 19th century American users combined with wild stories of young innocent women being enslaved by opium in Chinese opium “dens” was not an important driving force for the first local and state laws against opium use during that time.
2. Over the past 50 years, the development of antipsychotic drugs enabled many people with psychotic disorders to function in the community, live with their families, and be gainfully employed.
3. The implementation of the Harrison Act in 1914 and subsequently a similar law in 1937 concerning marijuana led to an increasing role of the criminal justice system in drug policy.
4. There is an increased likelihood that illegal drug users will become involved in the criminal justice system because they are more likely to get arrested due to the link between criminal behavior and drug use.
5. The spread of mandatory sentencing laws has little to do with the explosive growth in the nation's prison populations.


1. false
2. true
3. true
4. true
5.
false

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