The 'British System' of drug policy: Extraordinary individual freedom, but to what end?

Heroin Addiction and The British System

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 203-216

  Strang, John ^a,b,c   Gossop, Michael ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Angel Building   (United Kingdom)

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

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EID: 84909305140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203643358     Document Type: Chapter

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