According to Social Control Theory, What Is One of the Major

question 21

Multiple Choice

According to social control theory, what is one of the major causes of illicit drug use?

• A) an aberrant personality structure
• B) the absence of a stake in conformity to the norms of conventional society
• C) an attempt at self-medication
• D) the anomie that prevails in modern, industrial society
• E) reinforcement of the administration of a psychoactive substance

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