When a government fines and/or imprisons persons convicted of using illegal drugs, the government is attempting to decrease the illegal drug trade by shifting the ________ curve for illegal drugs ________

A) demand; rightward
B) demand; leftward
C) supply; rightward
D) supply; leftward

B

Economics

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Show, using utility theory, why a consumer who is initially maximizing her utility will alter her consumption pattern in response to a change in the price of a good

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