How should we wage the war on drugs? Determinants of public preferences for drug control alternatives

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-88

  Timberlake, Jeffrey M ^a   Lock, Eric D ^b   Rasinski, Kenneth A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c University of Chicago   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DRUG USER; METROPOLITAN AREA; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; REGULATORY APPROACH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242275130     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-0072.00004     Document Type: Article

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