‘Worth the test?’ Pragmatism, pill testing and drug policy in Australia
Abstract Background Recent deaths of young Australian music festival attendees from ‘party-drug’ overdoses have sparked debate about the effectiveness of drug policies. Australia is widely lauded for its harm minimisation approach to drugs, and yet, over the last 30 years, it can be argued its polic...
Main Author: | Andrew Groves |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-04-01
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Series: | Harm Reduction Journal |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-018-0216-z |
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