The role of civil disobedience in drug policy reform: How an illegal safer injection room led to a sanctioned, "medically supervised injection center

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 609-623

  Wodak, Alex ^a   Symonds, Ann ^b   Richmond, Ray ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Institute of Cultural Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG USE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; INJECTION; LAW; POLICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

EID: 0141817807     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260303300304     Document Type: Article

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