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Talking smack.(Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy)(Book review)

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| November 06, 2006 | Sullum, Jacob | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy, by Theodore Dalrymple (Encounter, 165 pp., $21.95)

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