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According to the 2011 University of Michigan survey, the percentage of high school seniors who have used barbiturates in their lifetime is __________.

A. 1 percent
B. 7 percent
C. 17 percent
D. 27 percent

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I think it was 17%

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Answer:

B. 7 percent

Step-by-step explanation:

This drug is a sedative and it has just a small therapeutic index between sedation, coma and also death

Short-acting barbiturates can be easily abused, as they are physiologically addicting.

For an expectant mother, this drug can the placenta freely, bringing about neonatal addiction when used by the mother regularly during the third trimester.

According to the 2011 survey, the percentage of high school seniors that have used it is 7%

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