A tale of CIN - The cannabis infringement notice scheme in Western Australia

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 808-816

  Lenton, Simon ^a   Allsop, Steve ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Civil penalties; Decriminalization; Evidence; Knowledge transfer; Legislation; Policy

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CRIMINAL LAW; DRUG CONTROL; GARDENING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL;

CANNABIS; CRIMINAL LAW; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; GARDENING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77950676681     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02913.x     Document Type: Article

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