Which Statement About Opiates Is TRUE

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which statement about opiates is TRUE?

• A)Morphine, codeine, and heroin bind to the receptors for the neurotransmitter endorphin, reducing pain and producing euphoria.
• B)Morphine, codeine, and heroin are stimulants and therefore increase pain.
• C)Morphine, codeine, and heroin are natural depressants.

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Definitions:

If-then Statement

A logical conditional statement stating that if one thing happens, then another will as well, expressing a causal or inferential relationship.

Asserted

Stated confidently or declared as true.

Disjunctive Syllogism

A logical rule that concludes one disjunct must be false if the other is true, usually in the form: Either A or B; not A; therefore, B.

Unstated Premise

A component of an argument that is not expressed but is assumed to be true for the argument to hold.