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True or false: a diver suffering from nitrogen narcosis will always be aware that he is impaired.

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The answer is False. A diver suffering from nitrogen narcosis will not be aware that he is impaired. Nitrogen Narcosis is a drowsy state induced by breathing air under higher than atmospheric pressure, for example, in deep-sea diving. The deeper a diver goes, the greater the narcosis.
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