A school nurse is teaching a high school health class about the effects of marijuana use. Which statement by a student indicates a need for further teaching?
a. "Chronic use of marijuana can result in irreversible brain changes."
b. "Higher doses of marijuana are likely to produce increased euphoria."
c. "Marijuana is unique in that it produces euphoria, sedation, and hallucinations."
d. "Marijuana has more prolonged effects when it is ingested than when it is smoked."
B
With higher doses of marijuana, euphoria may be displaced by intense anxiety. Chronic use may cause irreversible brain changes. Euphoria, sedation, and hallucinations can all occur with mari-juana use. Ingesting marijuana causes prolonged effects.
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