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根据下面资料,回答题 The multi-billion-dollar Western pop music industry is under fire. It is being blamed by theUnited Nations for the dramatic rise in drug abuse worldwide, "The most worrying development isa culture of drug-friendliness," says the UN' s International Narcotics Control Board in a report re-leased last year.
The 74-page study says the pop music, as a global industry, is by far the most influentialtrend-setter for young people of most cultures. "Some songs encourage people to take drugs. Cer-tain pop stars make statements and set examples as if the use of drugs for non-medicinal purposeswere a normal and acceptable part of a person' s lifestyle," the study says.
Surprisingly, says the Board, the effect of drug-friendly pop music seems to survive despitethe occasional shock of death by overdose(过量用药). "Such incidents end to be seen as an occa-sion to mourn (哀掉) the loss of a role model, and not an opportunity to face the deadly effect of drug use," it notes. Since the 1970s, several internationally famous singer and movie stars—inclu-ding Elvis Presley, Janice Jophlin, John Belushi, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Melvin and AndyGibbs--have died of either drug abuse or drug related illnesses. With the globalization of popularmusic, messages promoting drug abuse are now reaching beyond their countries of origin. "In mostcountries, the names of certain pop stars have become familiar to the members of every house-hold," the study says.
The UN study also blames the media for its description of certain drug incidents, which en-courages rather than prevents drug abuse. "Over the past years, we have seen how drug abuse isincreasingly regarded as being acceptable or even attractive," says Hamid Ghodse, president of theBoard. "Powerful pressure groups run political campaigns aimed at legalizing controlled drugs,"
he says. Ghodse also points out that all these developments have created an environment which istolerant( 容忍的) of or even favorable to drug abuse and spoils international drug prevention efforts currently under way.
The study focuses on demand reduction and prevention within an environment that has becometolerant of drug abuse. The Board calls on governments to do their legal and moral duties, and toact against the pro-drug(赞成吸毒) messages of the youth culture to which young people increas-ingly are being exposed.
Which of the following statements does the author tend to agree with? A.The use of drugs for non-medicinal purposes is an acceptable part of a person' s lifestyle.
B.The spreading of pop music may cause drug abuse to beyond country boundaries.
C.No efforts have been made to prevent the spreading of drug abuse.
D.Governments have no ability at act against the pro-drug messages of the youth culture.
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