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When we speak of drug abuse, we usually think of illicit drugs such as heroin, psychedelics, phencyledine, or marijuana—substances grown or manufactured illicitly and distributed to their consumers by some criminal network. In truth, many of the drugs that are used and abused have been manufactured by legitimate pharmeceutical houses.
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Smith, D.E., Seymour, R.B. (1986). Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use. In: Maronde, R.F. (eds) Topics in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4864-4_23
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