What are drug users looking for when they contact drug services: Abstinence or harm reduction?

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 423-435

  McKeganey, Neil ^a   Morris, Zoë ^b   Neale, Joanne ^c   Robertson, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 8644248151     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630410001723229     Document Type: Article

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