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Problems, policy and politics: making sense of Australia's ‘ice epidemic’

Kari LancasterDrug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW2052, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Alison RitterDrug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW2052, Australia
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Hal ColebatchUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW2052, Australia
Pages 147-171 | Received 23 Jul 2012, Accepted 25 Jul 2013, Published online: 27 Jan 2014

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