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One of the active components of marijuana, D9-tetrahydrocannabinol, is available as a prescription drug under the trade name Marinol, which is taken orally. What advantage and what disadvantage does Marinol hold for a person suffering from nausea?
 
  A) Advantage of Marinol: no risk of being sent to jail; disadvantage: The physician may be hesitant to prescribe it because of the illegal nature of marijuana.
  B) Advantage of Marinol: doesn't damage lungs; disadvantage: Taken orally, this drug doesn't act as fast as THC when inhaled.
  C) Advantage of Marinol: tax dollars are not lost to the war on drugs; disadvantage: If the patient is already nauseous, he or she will have a hard time holding it in the stomach.
  D) all of the above

Question 2

The value 300 joules could be a measure of ________.
 
  A) the energy content of an object
  B) the amount of heat transferred from one object to another
  C) the temperature of an object
  D) A and B
  E) all of the above



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janeli

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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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vicotolentino

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Reply 2 on: Aug 27, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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