Office of National Drug Control Policy
Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesPublished 8 January 2010
Bertha K. Madras
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This essay describes how a basic scientist was thrust into the epicenter, the political cauldron of the authors' national drug control policy, and how the experience altered her professional trajectory and perspective.
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This essay describes how a basic scientist was thrust into the epicenter, the political cauldron of our national drug control policy, and how the experience altered her professional trajectory and perspective.
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MedicineHealth ProfessionsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
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