Why Did a Well-Known Pharmacologist Refer to the Recreational Use

Multiple Choice

Why did a well-known pharmacologist refer to the recreational use of cocaine, crack cocaine, amphetamine, and methamphetamine as "the wild addictions"? Because, in comparison with all the other psychoactive substances, they:

A) cause the most deaths by overdose.
B) cause the greatest number of emergency department episodes.
C) are the most reinforcing, generate the greatest immediate sensual appeal, and produce the most powerful psychological dependence.
D) produce the most chronic or long-term medical harm in the greatest number of users.
E) cause the greatest amount of brain damage.