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Jim has been suffering from major depression and an alcohol use disorder for several years. Recently,...

Jim has been suffering from major depression and an alcohol use disorder for several years. Recently, he attempted to commit suicide by drinking alcohol and taking another psychoactive substance. The other drug was most likely

A. a narcotic.
B. an amphetamine.
C. a barbiturate.
D. an hallucinogen.

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  • ANSWER-The other drug could be barbiturate.
  • Since barbiturates are a kind of depressant or sedative drug mixing it with alcohol could be lethal.Both alcohol and barbiturates are brain relaxers and an overdose or mixing them together can cause various side effctes including coma or death.

Hayet Jeridi answered 2 years ago
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