THE OPIUM BAN IN AFGHANISTAN AND ITS POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE DRUG MARKET

Aleksandar Medarević; Kristina Đorđić

doi:10.5937/sanamed0-48512

Aleksandar Medarević Institute of Public Health of Serbia "Dr Milan Jovanović Batut”, Belgrade, Serbia
Kristina Đorđić Independent researcher, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/sanamed0-48512

Keywords: drugs, global health, geopolitics, drug policy

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