Unintended consequences and professional ethics: Criminalization of alcohol and tobacco use by youth and young adults

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1159-1164

  Wolfson, Mark ^a,c   Hourigan, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Health Futures Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; HUMAN; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICY; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030769737     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb03675.x     Document Type: Article

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