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    8. C. L. Hart et al., “Is Cognitive Functioning Impaired in Methamphetamine Users? A Critical Review,” Neuropsychopharmacology 37 (2012): 586–608.
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    10. Hart et al., “Is Cognitive Functioning Impaired in Methamphetamine Users?”
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    18. Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1934), p. 109.
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    20. G. Stix, “Meth Hype Could Undermine Good Medicine,” Scientific American , December 27, 2011.
    Chapter 16: In Search of Salvation
    1. James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time (New York: Dial Press, 1963).
    Chapter 17: Drug Policy Based on Fact, Not Fiction
    1. http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.–2010/persons-arrested.
    2. C. E. Hughes and A. Stevens, “A Resounding Success or a Disastrous Failure: Re-Examining the Interpretation of Evidence on the Portuguese Decriminalisation of Illicit Drugs,” Drug and Alcohol Review 31 (2012): 101–113.
    3. C. Hart, “Remove the Knife and Heal the Wound: No More Crack/Powder Disparities,” Huffington Post , July 26, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-l-hart/crack-cocaine-sentencing_b_1707105.html.

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