Controlling new drugs under marketing regulations

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1894-1899

  Hughes, Brendan ^a   Winstock, Adam R ^b,c  

^a EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug control; Legal highs; Policy

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG CONTROL; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; PRODUCT SAFETY;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; MARKETING; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84867165662     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03620.x     Document Type: Article

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