Fighting addiction's death row: British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Ian Pitfield shows a measure of legal courage

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Small, Dan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PHS Community Services Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; POLITICS; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 58149347351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-5-31     Document Type: Note

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