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DRUGS AND THE LAW
Author(s) -
Goodman Ellen
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb130876.x
Subject(s) - basis (linear algebra) , control (management) , drug , law , medicine , psychology , political science , pharmacology , computer science , mathematics , artificial intelligence , geometry
Legal control of drugs available in Australia varies according to the nature of the drug. This article considers the question whether the different degrees of legal control can be justified on the basis of the pharmacological effects of the drugs or on the basis of their correlation with violent behaviour.