Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: A person addicted to drugs or alcohol may exhibit symptoms like unexplained absences from school and a lack of interest in personal hygiene. Reason: Such changes in behavior are primarily due to the physical effects of drug overdose.

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Those who take drugs intravenously (direct injection into the vein using a needle and syringe), are much more likely to acquire serious infections like AIDS and Hepatitis B. The viruses, which are responsible for these diseases, are transferred from one person to another by sharing of infected needles and syringes. Both AIDS and Hepatitis B infections are chronic infections and ultimately fatal. Both can be transmitted through sexual contact or infected blood. The use of alcohol during adolescence may also have lon