Several Historic Factors Precipitated the Current Stringent U

question 58

Multiple Choice

Several historic factors precipitated the current stringent U.S.drug laws.Which of the following was not one of those factors?

• A)religious creeds of the nineteenth century
• B)moral crusaders in the nineteenth century who defined drug use as evil
• C)medical literature that failed to designate drugs as harmful
• D)prejudice against immigrant ethnic minorities

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Base Rate Fallacy

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Availability Heuristic

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False Negative

An incorrect result that indicates a condition or attribute does not exist when it actually does.

Collectivist Cultures

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