Expected impacts of the Cannabis Infringement Notice scheme in Western Australia on regular users and their involvement in the cannabis market

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 311-319

  Chanteloup, Francoise ^a   Lenton, Simon ^a   Fetherston, James ^a   Barratt, Monica J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Civil penalties; Decriminalization; Drug law reform; Drug users; Legal aspects; Marijuana; Prohibition; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844509538     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230500263889     Document Type: Review

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