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Letter to the Editor

The association of HIV and easy access to narcotics in Pakistan; calling drug policy makers

Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi1 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy,Jouf University,Sakaka,Al-Jouf,Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yusra Habib Khan1 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy,Jouf University,Sakaka,Al-Jouf,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amjad Khan2 Department of Pharmacy,Quaid-i-Azam University,Islamabad45320,Pakistan
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Nasser Hadal Alotaibi1 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy,Jouf University,Sakaka,Al-Jouf,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
,
Abdulaziz Ibrahim Alzarea1 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy,Jouf University,Sakaka,Al-Jouf,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Furqan Khurshid Hashmi3 University College of Pharmacy,University of the Punjab,Allama Iqbal Campus,Lahore54000,Pakistan
Article: 37 | Received 29 Aug 2019, Accepted 21 Nov 2019, Published online: 28 Nov 2023

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