"You're always training the dog": Strategic interventions to reconfigure drug markets

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 867-892

  Curtis, Ric ^a,b   Wendel, Travis ^c  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b CitiWide Harm Reduction Inc ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

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EID: 38049076906     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260703700407     Document Type: Review

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