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lunatika

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Eric advocates for __________, a public policy of stopping the flow of drugs into the United States by guarding the borders and curtailing the creation, processing, and distribution of drugs in other countries, as a way of dealing with our drug problem in the United States.
 
  A) the decriminalization of drugs
  B) the politics of drugs
  C) increased interdiction
  D) the social construction of drugs

Question 2

The fact that __________ is evidence that the drug war is racist.
 
  A) a relatively small percentage of drug users are Black or Latino but a large percentage of drug offenders sent to prison were Black or Latino
  B) 10 percent of White drug felons are given probation or nonincarceration compared to 25 percent of Blacks
  C) until the law was recently changed, a defendant would have to possess 100 times as much marijuana to receive a comparable sentence for crack cocaine
  D) some drugs that are associated with the upper classes such as opium are legal



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A



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