Possessed: Drug policy, witchcraft and belief

Cultural Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-62

  Manderson, Desmond ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Drugs; Harm minimization; Heroin; History; Identity; Postmodernism; Witchcraft; Zero tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 15044358515     PISSN: 09502386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09502380500040522     Document Type: Article

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