High school health clinics across the nation should be permitted to dispense Norplant, the new birth control medication. Teenage pregnancy today is at an all time high, and Norplant is 99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy. Furthermore, a single dose ensures protection for a full five years.
A) Argument; conclusion: Norplant is 99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy.
B) Argument; conclusion: Teenage pregnancy ... preventing pregnancy.
C) Argument; conclusion: High school health clinics across the nation ... medication.
D) Argument; conclusion: A single dose ensures protection for a full five years.
E) Nonargument.

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The passage presents an argument in favor of allowing high school health clinics to dispense Norplant, with the conclusion being the recommendation itself (that these clinics should be permitted to dispense Norplant). The effectiveness of Norplant and the current high rates of teenage pregnancy are provided as supporting reasons for this conclusion.

High School Health Clinics Across the Nation Should Be Permitted