Alcoholism has been punished by the legal system via laws against public inebriation and seen as a moral failing. However, it is now often responded to as a disease for which outpatient or even inpatient treatment is provided. This suggests that alcoholism has been
A. medicalized.
B. accepted as nondeviant.
C. contextualized.
D. normalized.
Answer: A
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