Return to Galileo? The inquisition of the International Narcotic Control Board

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Small, Dan ^a,b   Drucker, Ernest ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PHS Community Services Society   (Canada)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TRAFFIC; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 44949211323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-5-16     Document Type: Article

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