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Discuss the various claims that the media made regarding the effects of specific drugs between the 1930s and the 2000s that were factually incorrect. Why were these claims made, how were they corrected, and have they died down now that the factual record has been set straight regarding these drugs?


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Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

An agreement signed in 1939 between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, promising not to engage in military action against each other, which was broken when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941.

Sudeten Region

A historically contentious area in Central Europe, primarily in the Czech Republic, known for its German-speaking majority before WWII.

Great Britain

A sovereign country located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe comprising England, Scotland, and Wales, with a storied history of global influence.

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