Heroin smoking by ‘chasing the dragon’ in young opiate users in ireland: Stability and associations with use to ‘come down’ off ‘ecstasy’

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 297-300

  Gervin, Maurice ^a   Hughes, Rita ^a   Bamford, Lindsay ^a   Smyth, Bobby P ^a   Keenan, Eamon ^a  

^a Cherry Orchard Hospital Dublin   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chasing the dragon; Ecstasy; Heroin

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; IRELAND; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0034884198     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(01)00174-X     Document Type: Article

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