Drug policy: Should the law take a back seat?

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 8997, 1996, Pages 301-305

  Berridge, Virginia ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; LAW; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030054068     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90471-7     Document Type: Article

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