The impact of law enforcement activity on a heroin market

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 557-569

  Weatherburn, Don ^a,b   Lind, Bronwyn ^a  

^a NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research   (Australia)

^b St James Ethics Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG COST; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; METHADONE TREATMENT;

AUSTRALIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG CONTAMINATION; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; METHADONE;

EID: 0031008931     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb02913.x     Document Type: Article

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