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Tazate

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Which of the following is a major risk associated with the intravenous use of heroin?
 
  a. infection with AIDS, hepatitis or other needle-borne disease from using infected needles
  b. overdose
  c. bone marrow damage from bubbles in syringe
  d. both infection and overdose

Question 2

Which of the following is true of heroin addiction?
 
  a. heroin addicts generally have normal life spans
  b. heroin addicts are generally uninterested in sex
  c. heroin addiction rates declined throughout the 1990s
  d. all of these are true


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spencer.martell

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b


Tazate

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Excellent

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