Which of the Following Are You Most Likely to Find

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are you most likely to find among the elderly in the United States?

• A) higher rates of alcohol abuse than among younger people
• B) higher rates of drug abuse than among younger people
• C) prescription drug abuse and dependence
• D) illegal drug abuse and dependence

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Definitions:

Ethyl β-D-Galactopyranoside

A chemical compound that consists of ethyl and galactose molecules, where the galactose component is in the pyranose ring form and the anomeric carbon is in the beta configuration.

Methyl Glycoside

A compound resulting from the reaction of a sugar with methanol where the sugar's anomeric carbon is linked to a methoxy group.

Galactose

A simple sugar (monosaccharide) that, together with glucose, forms lactose, the principal sugar in milk.

Hydrolyzed

A chemical process in which a molecule is broken down into smaller units by the addition of water.