PSYCHOACTIVE substances are being manufactured and dispensed in greater quantities than ever before. Eight and a half million psychotropic drugs are taken by the British Public every day, thus showing a phenomenal increase in this form of treatment for mental illness since the drugs were discovered and introduced 25 years ago.
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