"Rollin' on E": A qualitative analysis of ecstasy use among inner city adolescents and young adults

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 9-38

  Eiserman, Julie M ^a   Diamond, Sarah ^b   Schensul, Jean J ^b  

^a HISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Drug use; Ecstasy; Inner city; Risk; Young adults

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFECT; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SELF CONTROL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DESIGNER DRUGS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; RISK; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STREET DRUGS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 28144436348     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v04n02_02     Document Type: Article

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