The cocaine and heroin markets in the era of globalisation and drug reduction policies

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 488-496

  Costa Storti, Cláudia ^a   De Grauwe, Paul ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drug policies; Globalisation; Illicit drugs

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG TRAFFIC; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; MARKETING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMMERCE; CRIME; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PUBLIC POLICY; STREET DRUGS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349424378     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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