The argument that outlawing drugs such as heroin during the early 20th century was tied to the emergence of the modern pharmaceutical industry, which profited from the control of these substances, is most closely associated with which theoretical perspective?

A. functionalism
B. conflict theory
C. symbolic interactionism
D. integrative theory


Answer: B

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