When the school nurse hears a student conversation that is centered on "having some hog," the nurse knows the students are referring to
a. going on a cigarette break.
b. inhaling nitrous oxide.
c. injecting heroin.
d. taking phencyclidine (PCP).
D
"Hog" is the street name for PCP.
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