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Mephedrone and ‘head/hemp’ shop drugs: a clinical and biochemical ‘heads up’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Seán Ó Domhnaill*
Affiliation:
Dublin University, Psychiatric Training Rotation, Jonathan Swift Clinic, St. James Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Caoimhe Ni Chleirigh
Affiliation:
St. Loman's Hospital, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. Medical Director, Cuan Mhuire Teoranta, Addiction Treatment Services, Ireland
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*Correspondence Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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