Prescription Drugs

question 16

Multiple Choice

Prescription drugs

• A)are only used by a small number of illicit users.
• B)are typically only used if "street"drugs are unavailable.
• C)are safer and less addictive than recreational drugs.
• D)are commonly used in Canada.

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Definitions:

Regiochemistry

The branch of chemistry that concerns itself with the location at which atoms are positioned in the product of a chemical reaction.

Transition State

A high-energy state during a chemical reaction through which reactants must pass before becoming products.

Partial Charges

Small electric charges that result from an unequal distribution of electrons in a chemical bond, leading to regions of slight positive and negative charge.

Stereochemical

Pertaining to the spatial arrangement of atoms in molecules and the effect of this arrangement on chemical reactions.