Buying 'legal' recreational drugs does not mean that you are not breaking the law

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 777-783

  Ramsey, J ^a   Dargan, P I ^b   Smyllie, M ^a   Davies, S ^a   Button, J ^a   Holt, D W ^a   Wood, D M ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ACT; ARTICLE; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG PACKAGING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957230411     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq132     Document Type: Article

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