Community attitudes to cannabis use in Western Australia

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 783-804

  Lenton, Simon ^a   Ovenden, Claudia ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NCRPDA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COMMUNITY; CRIME; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; LAW;

EID: 0030452006     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204269602600405     Document Type: Article

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