According to the text, criminalizing illicit drugs increases the hassle factor, which:
A. keeps drugs hard to get, expensive, and increases the likelihood of arrest and hence decreases the rate of use of those drugs that are criminalized.
B. is harmful to addicts and abusers and to society as a whole; all drugs should be depenalized.
C. is a major factor in keeping the poor in poverty.
D. argues that some drugs should be legalized while others should be kept criminalized.
E. none of the above.
Answer: A
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