Psychoactive substance abuse among inmates of a Nigerian prison population

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Adesanya, Adesina ^a   Ohaeri, Jude U ^b,c   Ogunlesi, Adegboyega O ^a   Adamson, Taiwo A ^a   Odejide, Olabisi A ^b  

^a Neuropsychiatric Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c St Giles Hospital   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Nigerian; Population; Prison

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEFT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NIGERIA; PRISONERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

CANNABIS;

EID: 0030845379     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(97)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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