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Read text I and answer the questions in PORTUGUESE:
TEXT I
1-Sublinhe cinco palavras cognatas durante a leitura do texto:
Letters: Treating our drug problem
September 17, 2013
Re "Taking aim at drug abuse," Sept. 16
Like virtually all other measures in California and across the nation that address the
prescription drug crisis, the drug monitoring system called for in SB 809 focuses entirely on
the supply side of the equation. Meanwhile, the demand for prescription painkillers by those
already dependent is ignored.
Where is the commitment by the government or the healthcare sector to ensure prompt
availability of treatment for those who need it, want it and may well die without it? We've
learned over the decades that "just say no" is great advice, but it's totally ineffective.
Without a treatment alternative, the crackdown on availability will result simply in a switch to
heroin, which is more readily available, cheaper and of even greater threat to the user and
the general community.
Robert Newman, MD
New York
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As one with personal experience in prescription medication addiction, I can assure readers
that cracking down on reckless doctors will help — minimally.
There seems to be very little attention paid to the fact that, in the end, this is about a user
intentionally taking massive amounts of these medications. If an addict wants something, he
will find it.
My heart goes out to those families that lost loved ones. Blaming the doctors solely,
however, is an easy out.
Neil Glines
Redlands
2- Quais os nomes dos dois autores das cartas do texto?
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3- Em que jornal estas cartas foram publicadas e quando?
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4- No segundo parágrafo da primeira carta, o autor faz um questionamento que demonstra
sua opinião sobre qual problema? Retire do texto este questionamento:
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5- Segundo Robert, que frase é muito usada em campanhas contra drogas há anos, mas
que não é de fato muito efetiva?
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6- Que tipo de droga é citada por Neil?
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7- Cite uma droga mencionada por Robert:
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