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Cannabis policy and the burden of proof: is it now beyond reasonable doubt that cannabis prohibition is not working?

Simon Lenton National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Pages 95-100 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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