Alex Is Listening to a Lecture on the History of Opiate

question 95

Multiple Choice

Alex is listening to a lecture on the history of opiate drugs and he learns something that he finds very surprising. What has he heard the lecturer say?

• A) "Heroin is a synthetic opiate made from morphine."
• B) "Heroin has actually been legally available by prescription in the U.S. for years."
• C) "Heroin is a synthetic drug that was originally developed as an antidepressant."
• D) "Heroin is not really an opiate because it is synthetic and does not actually come from poppies."

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Definitions:

Atm

A unit of pressure defined as being equal to the atmospheric pressure at sea level, approximately 101.325 kPa or 760 mmHg.

Temperature

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a system, indicating how hot or cold the system is.

°C

A scale and unit of measurement for temperature where 0°C is the freezing point of water and 100°C is its boiling point at 1 atmosphere of pressure.

Atm

A unit of pressure, also known as atmosphere, approximately equal to the earth's atmospheric pressure at sea level.