Does ulster still say no? Drugs, politics, and propaganda in Northern Ireland

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-154

  McEvoy, Kieran ^a   McElrath, Karen ^a   Higgins, Kathryn ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DEXTROMORAMIDE; DIPIPANONE; ILLICIT DRUG; LYSERGIDE; OPIATE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DRUG ABUSE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRELAND; LAW ENFORCEMENT; OPIATE ADDICTION; POLITICS; RELIGION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031896998     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204269802800108     Document Type: Review

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