Ecstasy: America’s new “reefer madness”

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-142

  Rosenbaum, Marsha ^a  

^a San Francisco Office of the Drug Policy Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecstasy; Harm reduction; MDMA; Politics; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; GUAIFENESIN;

ABSTINENCE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEHYDRATION; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEAT STROKE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LAW; MASS MEDIUM; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; RESEARCH; SAFETY; ADDICTION; ANIMAL; DRUG CONTROL; ECONOMICS; LEGAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036329654     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2002.10399947     Document Type: Article

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