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The British, Scottish, and Shetland Heroin Trends in Numbers

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Chapter 15 explains patterns and trends of heroin use in Shetland according to the island’s location-specific particularities.

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Stallwitz, A. (2012). The British, Scottish, and Shetland Heroin Trends in Numbers. In: The Role of Community-Mindedness in the Self-Regulation of Drug Cultures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3861-4_15

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