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Fentanyl was invited in 1968, and yet, the epidemic usage of it is more recent. Why wasn't the drug more widely used and abused in the 1970s and 1980s, when it seems that other things were?

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What was the relationship with the Russian Communist Party and Prohibiton? Did it fail due to the rise of organized crime, like in other countries, or was it an intentional attempt to keep the people drunk?

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Fentanyl was invited in 1968, and yet, the epidemic usage of it is more recent. Why wasn't the drug more widely used and abused in the 1970s and 1980s, when it seems that other things were?	342
What was the relationship with the Russian Communist Party and Prohibiton? Did it fail due to the rise of organized crime, like in other countries, or was it an intentional attempt to keep the people drunk?	1