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The pharmacological problems connected with drug abuse and drug dependence constitute but one, albeit an important, part of the great complex of research and public health problems that arise in connection with drug taking for non-medical purposes.
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Chrusciel, T.L. (1972). Perspectives in Pharmacological Research on Drug Dependence. In: Btesh, S. (eds) Drug Abuse. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 20. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3210-7_8
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