Impacts of intensified police activity on injection drug users: Evidence from an ethnographic investigation

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-95

  Small, Will ^a   Kerr, Thomas ^b   Charette, John ^a   Schechter, Martin T ^b   Spittal, Patricia M ^b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug policy; Enforcement; Injection drug use; VIDUS

Indexed keywords

DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGE;

EID: 33644883322     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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