In What Way Is Methadone Useful to People Who Are

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Multiple Choice

In what way is methadone useful to people who are trying to overcome an addiction to heroin or morphine?

• A) It permanently eliminates the craving for the other drugs.
• B) It temporarily satisfies the craving without disrupting behavior so drastically.
• C) It interacts with the other drugs so that someone who used heroin or morphine after taking methadone would get sick.
• D) It prevents the person from experiencing a high from any drug for the next week.

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