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Relevant section and chapter that CDPE members Dr. Dan Werb, Nazlee Maghsoudi and Justine Tanguay contributed to:

PART IV FUTURE CHALLENGES
18 The search for new drug policy metrics 325
Nazlee Maghsoudi, Justine Tanguay and Dan Werb