Let's not talk about drugs

Drugs and Alcohol Today

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 21-23

  Seddon, Toby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drugs; History; Prohibition; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924073053     PISSN: 17459265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/daat.2010.0466     Document Type: Review

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