Buying 'legal' recreational drugs does not mean that you are not breaking the law.

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Published in QJM on July 30, 2010

Authors

J Ramsey1, P I Dargan, M Smyllie, S Davies, J Button, D W Holt, D M Wood

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1: TICTAC Communications Ltd, St George's, University of London, London, UK.

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