According to Siegel's lab,a consequence of taking a drug in a novel environment is that
A) overdosing is more likely because the body's compensatory response wouldn't be triggered in a novel environment.
B) people are more likely to take more of the drug in a novel environment.
C) people are less likely to know whether the drug was a good or poor quality in a novel environment.
D) novel environments trigger responses that anticipate a disruption to homeostasis.

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Siegel's research on drug tolerance and the conditioned compensatory response suggests that when drugs are taken in a familiar environment, the body prepares itself by initiating a compensatory response to counteract the drug's effects. In a novel environment, these anticipatory responses are less likely to be triggered, increasing the risk of overdose because the body is not prepared to counteract the drug's effects as effectively.

According to Siegel's Lab,a Consequence of Taking a Drug in a Novel