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Page 84
... figure , NORML believes that Americans spend well over $ 50 billion on marijuana alone . Two pharmacologists ( Ray and Ksir , 1987 , p . 72 ) estimate the cocaine industry to be worth $ 50 billion a year . If these figures are even ...
... figure , NORML believes that Americans spend well over $ 50 billion on marijuana alone . Two pharmacologists ( Ray and Ksir , 1987 , p . 72 ) estimate the cocaine industry to be worth $ 50 billion a year . If these figures are even ...
Page 92
... figures are adjusted for underreporting . Hallucinogens figures are not adjusted . ( PCP is mistakenly classified as a hallucinogen in adjusted figures . ) Stimulants figures for 1979 are not adjusted ; for 1986 , they are adjusted for ...
... figures are adjusted for underreporting . Hallucinogens figures are not adjusted . ( PCP is mistakenly classified as a hallucinogen in adjusted figures . ) Stimulants figures for 1979 are not adjusted ; for 1986 , they are adjusted for ...
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... figures on the average daily alcohol consumption and those just cited for the national average is due to the fact that the national average figures are based on alcohol sales , a reliable set of statistics , while the figures cited here ...
... figures on the average daily alcohol consumption and those just cited for the national average is due to the fact that the national average figures are based on alcohol sales , a reliable set of statistics , while the figures cited here ...
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