Opioids

G. E. Bigelow
Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland 21224.

K. L. Preston
Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
and National Institute on Drug Abuse
Intramural Research Program
Baltimore, Maryland 21224.


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