Under a cloud: Morality, ambivalence and uncertainty in news discourse of cannabis law reform in Great Britain

Drugs and Popular Culture: Drugs, Media and Identity in Contemporary Society

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 134-149

  Cross, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84920812531     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781843926016     Document Type: Chapter

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