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Contrast heroin abusers with oxycontin abusers. Which substance presents the greatest threat to health and safety in America? Defend your response with appropriate examples.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Herbert had schizophrenia in the 1940s. What form of treatment was most common for patients like Herbert during that time?
 
  a) Large doses of barbiturates and prefrontal lobotomie
  b) Isolation and restraints
  c) Small doses of mercury and arsenic
  d) Incarceration in jails and workhouses


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

Intense craving is considered the first sign of impending heroin withdrawal.

Answer to Question 2

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