Is heroin the worst drug? Implications for drug policy

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 527-547

  Robins, Lee ^a   Compton, Wilson ^a   Horton, Joe ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346206384     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066350008998988     Document Type: Article

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