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FButt

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Why is clonidine believed to be useful in the treatment of opiate withdrawal?
 
  a. it reduces the hyperactivity in the locus ceruleus that accompanies opiate withdrawal
  b. it blocks opiate craving
  c. it acts at mu opiate receptors
  d. it acts on delta opiate receptors

Question 2

Which of the following has NOT been associated with the legal restrictions resulting from the Harrison Narcotic Act of 1914?
 
  a. increased use of intravenous narcotic use
  b. decreased narcotic related crime
  c. increased price of illicit narcotics
  d. increased toxicity and lethality associated with using illicit narcotics


dellikani2015

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

a

Answer to Question 2

b


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