Use and perceptions of Khat among young Somalis in a UK city

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-26

  Nabuzoka, Dabie ^a   Badhadhe, Faisal Abdi ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Somali Comm Drugs Action Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dislocation; Drugs; Khat (Catha edulis); Social problems; Somali culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347308444     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066350009004407     Document Type: Article

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