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... United States . 2. Drugs - United States . I. Title . HV5825.G63 1988 362.2'9 88-13594 ISBN 0-07-554022-3 Cover design : Karin Batten ACKNOWLEDGMENTS : The accounts that appear at the end of Chapters 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , and 10 are ...
... United States . 2. Drugs - United States . I. Title . HV5825.G63 1988 362.2'9 88-13594 ISBN 0-07-554022-3 Cover design : Karin Batten ACKNOWLEDGMENTS : The accounts that appear at the end of Chapters 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , and 10 are ...
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... United States are the dried leaves and flowering tops of the plant Cannabis sativa or , less commonly , Cannabis indica . The cannabis plant con- tains hundreds of chemicals ; sixty - one of them , called cannabinoids , are found ...
... United States are the dried leaves and flowering tops of the plant Cannabis sativa or , less commonly , Cannabis indica . The cannabis plant con- tains hundreds of chemicals ; sixty - one of them , called cannabinoids , are found ...
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... United States each year , 170,000 from coronary heart disease , 130,000 from cancer , and 50,000 from noncan- cerous lung diseases . In 1980 , the Surgeon General of the United States said that cigarette smoking is " the single most ...
... United States each year , 170,000 from coronary heart disease , 130,000 from cancer , and 50,000 from noncan- cerous lung diseases . In 1980 , the Surgeon General of the United States said that cigarette smoking is " the single most ...
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