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Original Articles

Cannabis sales and immigrant youth gangs in Denmark – An exploratory study of market structure and youth gang evolution

Pages 20-34 | Received 16 Apr 2016, Accepted 07 Mar 2017, Published online: 30 Mar 2017

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