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We know a lot about drugs – new data shows long-term epigenetic changes

28Oct11

There is a belief in the drug community that the war on drugs prevents good research from being done on drug use. While I agree there is a scarcity of research on the potential uses of many abused drugs or how they alter states of consciousness we really do know an amazing amount about what […]

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