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... Dose The dose of the drug taken makes an absolutely crucial difference . Any discussion of drug effects is ... doses are generally several hundred times this amount - and as a result , some heroin addicts do die after injecting ...
... Dose The dose of the drug taken makes an absolutely crucial difference . Any discussion of drug effects is ... doses are generally several hundred times this amount - and as a result , some heroin addicts do die after injecting ...
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... dose , or LD50 , the amount that will kill animals ( or humans ) ; others are lethal in very small doses . Another important measure is the ratio between effective dose and lethal dose . In some drugs the quantity that can get a subject ...
... dose , or LD50 , the amount that will kill animals ( or humans ) ; others are lethal in very small doses . Another important measure is the ratio between effective dose and lethal dose . In some drugs the quantity that can get a subject ...
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... doses ; each dose generates a high that lasts less than a half - hour . Simple arithmetic tells us that a high costs roughly $ 25 per hour for one person . Many users find its effects so pleasurable that taking cocaine once in a while ...
... doses ; each dose generates a high that lasts less than a half - hour . Simple arithmetic tells us that a high costs roughly $ 25 per hour for one person . Many users find its effects so pleasurable that taking cocaine once in a while ...
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