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| 1. Up to 50% of intravenous drug users die within 10 years of their first intravenous injection. |  |
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| 2. Amphetamine can cause physical dependence. |  |
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| 3. Caffeine intake can reliably be calculated from the number of cups of tea and coffee drunk. |  |
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| 4. Visual hallucinations are a recognized feature of cannabis use. |  |
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| 5. Cocaine causes psychosis lasting up to 4 weeks. |  |
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| 6. MDMA causes physical dependence. |  |
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| 7. Ecstasy has been used in explorative psychotherapy. |  |
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| 8. Ecstasy causes more physical dependence than cocaine. |  |
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| 9. Lysergic acid diethylamide has a distinct odour. |  |
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| 10. LSD intoxication is associated with formication. |  |
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| 11. LSD causes physical dependence. |  |
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| 12. Approximately 28% of people in the UK smoke. |  |
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| 13. Only doctors licensed by the Secretary of State can prescribe methadone to a heroin addict. |  |
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| 14. 31% of IV heroin addicts die in 10 years. |  |
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| 15. Dipipanone can cause dependence. |  |
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| 16. Opiate dependence is characterized by a relapsing course. |  |
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| 17. Convulsions are a sign of opiate withdrawal. |  |
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| 18. Methadone given before delivery in opiate addicts will prevent withdrawal symptoms in the neonate. |  |
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| 19. Heroin withdrawal can be precipitated with naloxone. |  |
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| 20. Lofexidine is an opiate antagonist. |  |
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| 21. Naltrexone is an opiate antagonist. |  |
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| 22. PCP antagonizes glutamate. |  |
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| 23. 10% of 14-year-old boys in England will use volatile substances in the next 4 months. |  |
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| 24. Butane inhalation can cause mania-like symptoms. |  |
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