As a Behavioral Advisor to the World Health Organization,you Are

question 97

Multiple Choice

As a behavioral advisor to the World Health Organization,you are required to assess drug use and abuse in indigenous populations.You have been assigned to study the South American natives' use of coca leaves,which are part of the plant from which cocaine is derived.In reading about past findings,you discover that these native groups

• A)have very few drug use problems.
• B)have very serious drug use problems.
• C)are so hostile to the World Health Organization that no studies have been done.
• D)have almost been wiped out due to local drug wars.

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