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history of drug abuse and addiction

Whereas many drugs’ psychoactive qualities have been known for centuries, indeed for millennia, insofar as Western pharmacology and society are concerned, their use really began around 1800. The problematic use of these drugs began to peak in the late 1800s. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Drug Abuse and Addiction, History of]

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