Legal high groups on the internet-The creation of new organized deviant groups

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-23

  Norman, Jodie ^a   Grace, Sharon ^a   Lloyd, Charlie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84893105991     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2013.769500     Document Type: Article

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