PART A: Which statement best describes the relationship between the use of OxyContin and heroin?
A) Patients who are prescribed OxyContin and become addicted may use heroin to
achieve similar effects for a more affordable cost.
B)Younger patients have a more difficult time being prescribed OxyContin and therefore must seek out heroin on the streets.
C)While OxyContin is able to alleviate patients' pain, it doesn't have the same
euphoric effects of heroin, encouraging users to turn to the more addictive drug.
D)Patients who were originally prescribed OxyContin were eventually taken off the
drug when the addictive nature was realized and forced to turn to heroin to
relieve pain.