When the president admitted he had smoked marijuana in his youth, his opponents tried to use it against him, but he maintained that everyone did it in college and it was no big deal. Which stigma management technique did he use?
A) concealment
B) signaling
C) differentiating
D) normalizing

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The president used the normalizing technique by suggesting that smoking marijuana in college was a common behavior, thereby minimizing its perceived negative impact or stigma.

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