Harm and hypocrisy: Have we got it wrong on drugs?

Public Policy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-135

  Wolff, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG USER; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 34547119563     PISSN: 17445396     EISSN: 1744540X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-540X.2007.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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