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  1. Department of Sociology and Institute for Health and Social Policy, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA

    Zili Sloboda

  2. National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    William J. Bukoski

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Pentz, M.A. (2006). Anti-Drug-Abuse Policies as Prevention Strategies. In: Sloboda, Z., Bukoski, W.J. (eds) Handbook of Drug Abuse Prevention. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-35408-5_11

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