In the 1990s, several media sources reported that a new heroin epidemic had gripped the United States. Toward the end of the first decade of the 2000s, that epidemic had:
A) increased in seriousness.
B) subsided.
C) remained at the same level.
D) remained unknown as to its seriousness.
E) none of the above.

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By the end of the first decade of the 2000s, the heroin epidemic that was reported in the 1990s had subsided, as attention shifted to other drug-related issues, such as the opioid crisis.

In the 1990s, Several Media Sources Reported That a New