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History of Cocaine

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It has been said that history teaches two major principles; first, that things change slowly; and second, that things change rapidly. This situation is characteristic of the history of cocaine where the issues have drifted along at a slow pace, followed by crisis situations, then slackened off only to accelerate again. (1)

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  1. National Drug Council, Nassau, Bahamas

    David F. Allen

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  1. National Drug Council, Nassau, Bahamas

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Allen, D.F. (1987). History of Cocaine. In: Allen, D.F. (eds) The Cocaine Crisis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1837-8_2

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