At the Height of Their Popularity

question 13

Multiple Choice

At the height of their popularity .

• A)more than one million pounds of barbiturate compounds were manufactured in the United States each year
• B)more than one million pounds of barbiturate compounds were manufactured globally
• C)barbiturates were only a laboratory curiosity for chemists, without medical application
• D)barbiturates were never rejected as an agent for lethal injection

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