The international drug control system in the post-Cold War era. Managing markets or fighting a war?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-315

  Room, Robin ^a,b   Paglia, Angela ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drug control; Drug conventions; International narcotics control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033442655     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595239996455     Document Type: Review

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