New drugs on the street: An introduction

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Singer, Merrill ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; NEW DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG ABUSE; EDITORIAL; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; LITERATURE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; STREET DRUGS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 28144445376     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v04n02_01     Document Type: Editorial

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