The war on drugs: a devastating public-policy disaster

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9668, 2009, Pages 989-990

  Wood, Evan ^a,b   Werb, Daniel ^a,c   Marshall, Brandon DL ^a,c   Montaner, Julio SG ^a,b   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 62349124645     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60455-4     Document Type: Note

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