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Research Article

Exploring the micro-politics of normalisation: Narratives of pleasure, self-control and desire in a sample of young Australian ‘party drug’ users

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Pages 557-571 | Received 26 May 2009, Accepted 02 Sep 2009, Published online: 24 Nov 2009

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