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A-LevelEconomicsDemand and SupplyMay/June 2013Paper 1 Q111 Mark

A country's government announces that the penalties imposed on those found guilty of supplying an illegal drug to others are to be increased but that possession of small quantities of the drug for an individual's own use will no longer be illegal. What effect are these changes likely to have on the illegal market price of that drug and on the quantity consumed? [Table with columns: illegal market price, quantity consumed]

Aincrease decrease
Bincrease uncertain
Cuncertain decrease
Duncertain uncertain

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About This A-Level Economics Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) May/June 2013 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Demand and Supply and is worth 1 mark.

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