Health & Safety Code Exams
Ch. 481 controlled substances in depth, alcohol enforcement, animal cruelty, tobacco / vape, public health emergency authority, and on-scene investigative essentials.
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This Health & Safety Code practice test draws on 50 questions across 30 topics. Every question carries the statute it comes from and an explanation of why the answer is right, so a missed question points straight at the law to review.
Question categories
- Alcohol — 6 questions
- Animal Cruelty — 5 questions
- Dangerous Drugs — 1 question
- Drug Paraphernalia — 3 questions
- Drug-Free Zones — 2 questions
- Manufacture/Delivery — 6 questions
- Penalty Groups — 5 questions
- Possession — 13 questions
- Public Health — 3 questions
- Tobacco & Vape — 3 questions
- Volatile Chemicals — 3 questions
Topics in this section
- Aggravated Assault (22.02) — 1 question
- Animal Cruelty (821.025) — 1 question
- Animal Cruelty (822.005) — 1 question
- Animal Cruelty (822.041) — 1 question
- Cruelty To Livestock Animals (42.091) — 1 question
- Cruelty To Non Livestock Animals (42.092) — 1 question
- Dangerous Drugs Chapter (483) — 1 question
- Drug Free Zone (481.134) — 2 questions
- Manufacture Delivery (481.140) — 1 question
- Manufacture Delivery (481.141) — 1 question
- Manufacture Or Delivery Of Cs Pg (1.481.112) — 3 questions
- Penalty Groups (481.102) — 1 question
- Penalty Groups (481.1021) — 1 question
- Penalty Groups (481.103) — 2 questions
- Penalty Groups (481.105) — 1 question
- Possession (481.071) — 1 question
- Possession (481.1151) — 1 question
- Possession Of Controlled Substance Pg (1.481.115) — 7 questions
- Possession Of Controlled Substance Pg (2.481.116) — 1 question
- Possession Of Controlled Substance Pg (3.481.117) — 1 question
- Possession Of Marijuana (481.121) — 3 questions
- Possession Of Tobacco E Cigarettes By Minors (161.082) — 2 questions
- Possession Or Delivery Of Drug Paraphernalia (481.125) — 2 questions
- Public Health (81.085) — 1 question
- Public Health Chapter (81) — 1 question
- Public Intoxication (49.02) — 1 question
- Sale Of Tobacco To Minors (161.252) — 1 question
- Volatile Chemicals (485.031) — 1 question
- Volatile Chemicals (485.033) — 1 question
- Volatile Chemicals (485.034) — 1 question
Sample questions
Tex. Health & Safety Code §481.102 — Penalty Group 1 includes:
- Marijuana
- Cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, fentanyl, ketamine, oxycodone, hydrocodone (in higher concentrations), and most opioids (correct)
- Anabolic steroids only
- LSD only
Why: PG 1 is the most heavily punished group, containing cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and most opioids.
Tex. Health & Safety Code §481.102
SCENARIO. Undercover officer purchases 3.5 g of methamphetamine in a controlled buy. Charge for delivery?
- State jail felony (<1 g)
- 2nd degree felony (≥1 g but <4 g) (correct)
- 1st degree felony (≥4 g but <200 g)
- Class A misdemeanor
Why: Methamphetamine = PG 1. Delivery ≥1 g but <4 g = 2nd degree felony.
Tex. Health & Safety Code §481.112(c)
Delivery of a controlled substance causing death (HSC §481.141 'death of person from controlled substance') triggers:
- No special enhancement
- Enhanced penalty range — minimum confinement raised to 99 years or life with possibility of $250,000 fine for certain delivery / manufacturing offenses where the controlled substance contributed to death (correct)
- Capital felony
- Class A misdemeanor
Why: Where delivery of a controlled substance contributed to a death, §481.141 enhances the punishment to a sentence of life or any term of not more than 99 nor less than 15 years. Often used for fentanyl deaths.
Tex. Health & Safety Code §481.141