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READING PASSAGE 1
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions below.
1. At age eighteen, Americans can legally purchase cigarettes, which contain the drug nicotine. At twenty-one, they can buy and drink beverages with alcohol, another type of drug. At no age, however, are they legally allowed to buy and consume other kinds of drugs, such as marijuana, cocaine, or heroin. Many people think this policy is hypocritical. They wonder why the govemment should choose which drugs to sanction and which to ban.
2. The typical response is that drugs like marijuana and cocaine are unhealthy. But so are cigarettes and alcohol. Smoking, for instance, is the leading cause of death in the US, killing more than 440,000 people each year, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC
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