Months After Last Taking a Drug, a Former Drug Abuser

question 157

Multiple Choice

Months after last taking a drug, a former drug abuser still produces very little serotonin. The person is depressed and anxious and has great difficulty remembering new material. Most likely, the abused drug-if it was a single drug-was:

• A) Ecstasy.
• B) cannabis.
• C) LSD.
• D) benzodiazepine.

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