Improved ranking of drugs on harmfulness can bring sense and order to a failed system

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1894-1895

  Obot, Isidore S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Classification system; Drug control policy; Drug scheduling; Drug related harm; Harm assessment; Illicit drugs; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

CRIME; DRUG CONTROL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; VIOLENCE;

CRIME; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; HUMANS; STREET DRUGS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80053615722     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03560.x     Document Type: Note

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