Which of the Following Could Be Considered to Be a Secondary

question 208

Multiple Choice

Which of the following could be considered to be a secondary effect caused by making drugs such as cocaine illegal?

• A) The higher prices that result from making them illegal results in more property theft by users to afford the drugs.
• B) The usage of police and law enforcement resources to enforce drug laws leads to lower enforcement (and thus a higher amount) of other crimes.
• C) Without the ability to use the legal system to enforce contracts, violence often results when one party to a drug deal does not live up to their end of the bargain, thus the amount of violence increases by making drugs illegal.
• D) All of the above would be considered secondary effects of making drugs illegal.

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Definitions:

Transactions

Financial activities that involve the exchange of assets, services, or liabilities between two parties.

Ledger

An accounting book or computer file for recording and totaling economic transactions measured in terms of a monetary unit and categorized by account type.

Account Titles

Names given to the accounts that reflect the types of transactions they represent, used in bookkeeping to distinguish financial records.

Journalizing

The process of recording transactions in a company's journal, detailing the financial activities and their impact on accounts.