Change is possible: The history of the international drug control regime and implications for future policymaking

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 47, Issue 8-9, 2012, Pages 923-935

  Paoli, Letizia ^a   Greenfield, Victoria A ^b   Reuter, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

drug control regime; heroin; illegal drugs; opiates; prohibition; regulation; un conventions

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; OPIATE ADDICTION; REVIEW;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; POLICY MAKING; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84862537379     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2012.663592     Document Type: Review

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