The myth of "moral panic": An alternative account of LSD prohibition

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 307-330

  Cornwell, Benjamin ^a   Linders, Annulla ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 0036659990     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639620290086404     Document Type: Article

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