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How did the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 influence drug regulation?
 
  a) Responsibility for enforcement of drug laws was shifted from the Treasury Department to the Justice Department
  b) Penalties against drug users were reduced, and penalties against drug dealers were increased.
  c) Funding for treatment and prevention was shifted to enforcement and incarceration.
  d) The Act established the Office of National Drug-Control Policy (ONDCP) and provided funding for the Just Say No and Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) programs.

Question 2

Why is the combination of alcohol and cocaine more dangerous than either of the two drugs used alone?
 
  a) Cocaethylene has a longer duration and greater excitatory effect on blood pressure and heart rate than that is produced by cocaine alone
  b) Cocaethylene is metabolized into a toxic byproduct that has been shown to cause cancer in rats.
  c) Cocaethylene causes paranoid schizophrenia among chronic users.
  d) Cocaethylene causes more liver and brain tissue damage than alcohol alone.



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