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Efforts to educate people about the risks of substance abuse seem to deter some people from using dangerous substances, if such efforts are realistic about what is genuinely dangerous and what is not. Observed declines in the use of such drugs as LSD, PCP, and Quaaludes since the early 1970s are probably related to increased awareness of the risks of their use, and some of this awareness was the result of warnings about these drugs in “underground” papers read by drug users. Such sources are influential, because they do not give a simple “all drugs are terrible for you” message. Drug users know there are big variations in danger among drugs, and antidrug education that ignores or denies this is likely to be ridiculed. This is illustrated by the popularity among young marijuana users of Reefer Madness, a widely unrealistic propaganda film against marijuana made in the 1930s. This film made the rounds of college campuses in the 1970s and joined rock music videos on cable television‘s MTV in the 1980s. Instead of deterring marijuana use, it became a cult (风靡一时) film among users, many of whom got high to watch it.
Although persuasion can work for some people if it is balanced and reasonable, other people seem immune to the most reasoned educational efforts. Millions have started smoking even though the considerable health risks of smoking have been well known and publicized for years. Moreover, the usefulness of education lies in primary prevention:prevention of abuse among those who presently have no problem. Hence, Bomier‘s contention that “if the Pepsi generation can be persuaded to drink pop wine, they can be persuaded not to drink it while driving” is probably not correct, since most drunken driving is done by people who already have significant drinking problems, and hence seem not to be dissuaded even by much stronger measures such as loss of a driver‘s license.
According to the passage, up to now, antidrug education ________.
细节题。 原文第一段第一句“Efforts to educate people about the risks of substance abuse seem to deter some people from using dangerous substances” 提到， 教育人们意识到滥用毒品的风险已经好像制止一部分人滥用毒品了， 证明该做法还是比较有效的。 故答案为 B。
The film “Reefer Madness” mentioned in the passage ________.
推断题。 原文第一段提到“Instead of deterring marijuana use, it became a cult … many of whom got high to watch it”， 证明这部电影很受大麻吸食者的欢迎， 很多人通过观看这部电影享受了吸毒的乐趣。 故 D 项为正确选项。
The message “all drugs are terrible for you” is not influential because ________.
细节题。 原文第一段提到“Such sources are… message”， 后面一句“Drug users know there are big variations in danger among drugs, and antidrug education that ignores or denies this is likely to be ridiculed.” 说明了提到这句话的原因。 故答案为 A。
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
细节题。 原文第二段提到“since most drunken driving…by much stronger measures such as loss of a driver‘s license”， 选项中的说法与原文不符， 故答案为 C。
The best title for the passage would be ________.
主旨题。 本文主要讲述说服教育对制止毒品滥用的作用并举出反例， 同时第二段也以醉驾作为类比。 故分析出答案为 D。