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Erich Goode. But at the time , the American Medical Association ( AMA ) approved of drug control . ( By 1918 , the AMA would change its tune . ) And after the election of 1912 - with Woodrow Wilson in the White House , the Democrats in ...
Erich Goode. But at the time , the American Medical Association ( AMA ) approved of drug control . ( By 1918 , the AMA would change its tune . ) And after the election of 1912 - with Woodrow Wilson in the White House , the Democrats in ...
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... medical journal in the country , the Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA ) , a panel of experts , summarizing the entire research literature on the subject , concluded that there is " no consistent negative association ...
... medical journal in the country , the Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA ) , a panel of experts , summarizing the entire research literature on the subject , concluded that there is " no consistent negative association ...
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... American Medical Association , 285 ( March 28 ) : 1626–1628 . Clouet , Doris , Khursheed Asghar , and Roger Brown ( eds . ) . 1988. Mechanisms of Cocaine Abuse and Toxicity . Rockville , MD : National Institute on Drug Abuse . Cloward ...
... American Medical Association , 285 ( March 28 ) : 1626–1628 . Clouet , Doris , Khursheed Asghar , and Roger Brown ( eds . ) . 1988. Mechanisms of Cocaine Abuse and Toxicity . Rockville , MD : National Institute on Drug Abuse . Cloward ...
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