Drugs and development: The global impact of drug use and trafficking on social and economic development

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 467-478

  Singer, Merrill ^a  

^a HISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to development; Corruption; Drug use and trafficking; Millennium development goals; Poverty and social inequality

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CRIME; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG TRAFFIC; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VIOLENCE;

CAPITALISM; CRIME; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYMENT; FRAUD; HEALTH; HUMANS; POVERTY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CHANGE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 56349086656     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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