What have animal self-administration experiments and studies of drug choice among humans indicated?
A) Benzodiazepines have no dependence liability.
B) Rats and people are very different in the drugs they choose to self-administer.
C) Short-acting barbiturates are more likely to lead to dependence than any of the benzodiazepines.
D) All of the benzodiazepines have high dependence liability.

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Short-acting barbiturates have been found to be more likely to lead to dependence than benzodiazepines in both animal self-administration experiments and studies of drug choice among humans. This indicates a higher potential for abuse and dependence with short-acting barbiturates compared to benzodiazepines.

What Have Animal Self-Administration Experiments and Studies of Drug Choice