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Are we on the verge of a cocaine epidemic?

Current Psychiatry. 2017 November;16(11)
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Mark Gold, MD
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Mark Gold, MD, reviews data that suggest the current opioid epidemic may be followed by an epidemic of psychostimulant abuse.

 

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