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    Rights statement: This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge/CRC Press in Risk and Substance Use on 21/02/2020, available online: https://www.routledge.com/Risk-and-Substance-Use-Framing-Dangerous-People-and-Dangerous-Places/MacGregor-Thom/p/book/9781138491243

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Coming out of the closet: Risk management strategies of illegal cannabis growers

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Coming out of the closet: Risk management strategies of illegal cannabis growers. / Potter, Gary; Klein, Axel.
Risk and Substance Use: Framing Dangerous People and Dangerous Places. ed. / Susanne MacGregor; Betsy Thom. London: Routledge, 2020. p. 201-221 (Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness).

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Harvard

Potter, G & Klein, A 2020, Coming out of the closet: Risk management strategies of illegal cannabis growers. in S MacGregor & B Thom (eds), Risk and Substance Use: Framing Dangerous People and Dangerous Places. Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness, Routledge, London, pp. 201-221.

APA

Potter, G., & Klein, A. (2020). Coming out of the closet: Risk management strategies of illegal cannabis growers. In S. MacGregor, & B. Thom (Eds.), Risk and Substance Use: Framing Dangerous People and Dangerous Places (pp. 201-221). (Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness). Routledge.

Vancouver

Potter G, Klein A. Coming out of the closet: Risk management strategies of illegal cannabis growers. In MacGregor S, Thom B, editors, Risk and Substance Use: Framing Dangerous People and Dangerous Places. London: Routledge. 2020. p. 201-221. (Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness).

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Potter, Gary ; Klein, Axel. / Coming out of the closet : Risk management strategies of illegal cannabis growers. Risk and Substance Use: Framing Dangerous People and Dangerous Places. editor / Susanne MacGregor ; Betsy Thom. London : Routledge, 2020. pp. 201-221 (Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness).

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