Normalization as a barometer: Recreational drug use and the consumption of leisure by younger Britons

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-215

  Parker, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Normalization; Recreational drug use; UK drugs strategy; Young Britons

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; AMYL NITRITE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; LYSERGIDE; METHADONE; NITRITE; SOLVENT; TRANQUILIZER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONSET AGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TELEVISION; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 20444463485     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350500053703     Document Type: Article

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