Drug use in greater Accra, Ghana: Pilot study

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-169

  Affinnih, Yahya H ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa drug problem; Drug addiction; Drug trafficking; Greater Accra, Ghana; Narcoscapes

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AFRICA; AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; GHANA; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 0032969427     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089909035641     Document Type: Review

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