Lord Kamlesh Patel on the origins of his interest in drug misuse

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Lord Patel OBE
Lord Patel OBE
Location: Bradford West Yorkshire
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VIDEO NUMBER:
205
CATEGORY:
Harm Reduction
DATE ADDED:
01-09-2009
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Lord Patel talks about the first piece of work he did looking at drug use and trafficking among people from Pakistan. This was while a Social Work student  in 1987 and when his interest in drug use began.
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Footnotes
1) Paper: Delivering drug services to black and minority ethnic communities [DPAS Home Office 2001
Delivering drug services to black and minority ethnic communities

Deborah Sangster, Michael Shiner, Kamlesh Patel and Noreen Sheikh
2) Website: Prison Drug Treatment Strategy Review Group
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