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Man has used extracts and fumes from plants as stimulants for thousands of years and has also discovered the intoxicating effect of ethyl alcohol. This use (and abuse) is continuing also today, but a new situation has developed during the last 100 years or so due to the rapid development of synthetic organic chemistry. Synthetic drugs have created a much more serious scenario for drug abuse than ever before in human history. This has led to national and international efforts to stop or at least to limit this abuse and its damaging effect on individuals and indeed on major parts of human society.
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Maehly, A., Strömberg, L. (1981). The State of the Art. In: Chemical Criminalistics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68061-8_2
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