The Transition of Opiate Use from an Acceptable, If Often

question 36

Multiple Choice

The transition of opiate use from an acceptable, if often abused, pain reliever to that of a pleasure-seeking drug also saw a change in __________.

• A) the drug's pharmacology, which provided more relief for the "psychological pain" of poverty and urban life
• B) the distribution from doctors to pushers
• C) the demographics of the user to that of working-class males, increasingly "of color"
• D) its former female demographic, which turned increasingly to social drinking during the Roaring Twenties

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Secondary Market

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Primary Market

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Auction Market

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