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A 55-year-old drug addict from California presents with euphoria, altered time perception, and conjunctival injection, along with impairment of judgment. The most likely cause of this is addiction to which substance?

AMarijuana

BCocaine

CPhencyclidine

DBenzodiazepine

2

A patient presents to the emergency department with vomiting, diarrhea, lacrimation, abdominal cramps, and piloerection. The family members report a history of substance use for the past month. The clinical presentation is due to what?

Aopioid withdrawal

Bcocaine intoxication

Ccocaine withdrawal

Dopioid intoxication

3

A person presents to the outpatient department with tremors and visual hallucinations after a 2-day history of alcohol cessation. What is the diagnosis?

AKorsakoff’s psychosis

BDelirium tremens

CWernicke encephalopathy

DAlcoholic hallucinosis

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