A Late 1990s Study About Drug Use and Prostitution by Potterat

question 35

Multiple Choice

A late 1990s study about drug use and prostitution by Potterat et al.indicated that ________.

• A) women began using drugs prior to their first experience with prostitution
• B) women began working as prostitutes and then started using drugs
• C) women working as prostitutes started using drugs earlier than other drug users who did not become prostitutes
• D) women's drug of choice was alcohol

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Gender-Role Behavior

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Sexual Orientation

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