Compare Expert Opinion on the Dangerousness of Cocaine Use Over

question 27

Multiple Choice

Compare expert opinion on the dangerousness of cocaine use over the past generation,or the past 30 years or so.

• A) In the past,experts tended to underplay the dangerousness of cocaine use; today,they tend to exaggerate it.
• B) In the past,experts tended to exaggerate the dangerousness of cocaine us; today,they tend to underplay it.
• C) Both in the past and today,experts underplay or underplayed the dangerousness of cocaine use.
• D) Both in the past and today,experts exaggerate or exaggerated the dangerousness of cocaine use.
• E) none of the above

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