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The United States: Bigger, Faster, Better - Performance-Enhancing Medication

August 19, 2013

Many people in the industrialized world find it difficult to cope with the pressure of work with natural means alone, and are resorting to stimulants. In the United States, the problem is particularly acute among those aged between 18 and 25. In 2010, some 3,000 of them died from medication abuse - and those numbers have jumped 250% in the past 10 years. We look at one woman's story.

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