Time to decriminalise drugs?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-80

  De V van Niekerk, J P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; NARCOTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

AWARENESS; CRIME; DEATH; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG USE; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; FUNDING; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; RECREATION; REHABILITATION; RELIGION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIETY; SOUTH AFRICA; STIGMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO; CRIMINAL LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY;

CRIMINAL LAW; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOUTH AFRICA; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 79551692803     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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