The heaviest users of morphine in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries were __________.
A) doctors
B) middle-class white women
C) Chinese immigrants
D) Civil War veterans

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Middle-class white women were often prescribed morphine by doctors to alleviate various physical and mental ailments, leading to widespread addiction in this demographic during this time period.

The Heaviest Users of Morphine in the Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth