Which of the Following Media Assertions About the Use of Crack

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following media assertions about the use of crack cocaine in the 1980s was later verified by scientific research?

• A) Crack has become America's drug of choice-even more popular than marijuana.
• B) Nearly every expert now concedes that the crack plague is all but universal.
• C) One out of ten babies born today are "crack babies"-infants of crack-addicted mothers.
• D) Crack babies will be permanently damaged,an unmanageable multitude of disturbed and disruptive youth-a lost generation.
• E) none of the above

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