Cocaine readily crosses the placenta. Once it reaches the fetus,
a. it is metabolized faster than in the adult system.
b. it is metabolized at the same rate as in the adult system.
c. it stays longer than in the adult system because the placenta has no way of expelling the drug.
d. it stays longer than in the adult because the immature fetal organs have trouble breaking it down.
D
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