Managing work, hedonism and 'the borderline' between the legal and illegal markets: Two case studies of recreational heavy drug users

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 525-538

  South, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuum of conventionality; Cultural normalisation; Legal work; Recreational drug use and dealing; Time and financial budgeting

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG USE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 12344296917     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350412331323074     Document Type: Article

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