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Alcohol and Other Drugs
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1 .       Most specialists on drug abuse consider alcohol to be the most severe drug problem we have in the United States. [Hint]

 
 


2 .       Twenty five percent of all adult Americans are considered heavy drinkers. [Hint]

 
 


3 .       Men are far more likely than women to become alcoholics. [Hint]

 
 


4 .       After age thirty-four, reported incidences of heavy drinking increase. [Hint]

 
 


5 .       Heroin and other opiates are far less damaging to the body than alcohol and tobacco. [Hint]

 
 


6 .       There is no evidence to suggest that some people are more biologically inclined to become alcoholic. [Hint]

 
 


7 .       Marijuana and cocaine produce more foreign exchange for Columbia than do coffee and cut flowers, their two chief legal exports. [Hint]

 
 


8 .       75% of the demand for marijuana in the United States is grown here. [Hint]

 
 


9 .       The Netherlands decriminalized drugs in 1976, resulting in a dramatic increase in drug addiction. [Hint]

 
 


10 .       Therapeutic communities are especially effective for addicts who deny that they have a problem with drugs. [Hint]

 
 






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