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A) the relief efforts will be adversely affected
B) the population at risk has to
be moved to a safer place
C) the problems facing relief workers will not be so obvious
D) relief efforts have to be doubled
to improve the situation
E) the amount of man power has to be increased by every means available
Alcohol, nicotine and caffeine are psychoactive drugs that are freely available in our society. Their
widespread use shows that they provide a common solution to the
problems of vast numbers of
individuals. The extend and nature of their use is not, however, uniform but varies with the particular
sub-culture involved. To take alcohol, for example, there are wide differences between the drinking
habits and rituals of merchant seamen and businessmen, between Italians and Jews. Each sub-group
in society will have a conception of what is the appropriate situation for a drink; what the
permissible and desirable
effects of alcohol are; how much it is necessary to drink to achieve this
desired state; what is normal and what drinking deviant behaviour.
40- It is pointed out in the passage that psychoactive drugs such as alcohol, nicotine and
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