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Why prohibit study drugs?

On attitudes and practices concerning prohibition and coercion to use pharmaceutical cognitive enhancement

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Pages 356-364 | Received 10 Apr 2018, Accepted 21 Jan 2019, Published online: 07 Mar 2019

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