The globalisation of cannabis cultivation: A growing challenge

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 221-225

  Decorte, Tom ^a   Potter, Gary R ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CANNABINOID;

ASIA; BIOTYPOLOGY; CANNABIS CULTIVATION; CARIBBEAN; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INTERNATIONAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION QUESTIONNAIRE; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEXICO; MIDDLE EAST; MOROCCO; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIES CULTIVATION; VIOLENCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COOPERATION; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG TRAFFIC; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; MARIJUANA ABUSE; OFFENDER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CANNABINOIDS; CANNABIS; COMMERCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRIMINALS; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG TRAFFICKING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; MARIJUANA ABUSE; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84922525833     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.12.011     Document Type: Editorial

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