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MDMA, politics and medical research: Have we thrown the baby out with the bathwater?

Psychopharmacology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

David J. Nutt

Psychopharmacology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, david.j.nutt{at}bristol.uk

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Journal of Psychopharmacology, Vol. 21, No. 8, 787-791 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0269881107084738


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