Prescription drug abuse among ecstasy users in Miami

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Kurtz, Steven P ^a   Inciardi, James A ^a   Surratt, Hilary L ^a   Cottler, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Club drugs; Drug use; Polydrug use; Prescription drugs

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; CANNABIS; CARISOPRODOL; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CLUB DRUG; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HYDROCODONE; ILLICIT DRUG; KETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYCODONE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; CAUCASIAN; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONFUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PRESCRIPTION; RATING SCALE; RISK BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE MODULE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPRAZOLAM; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DIAZEPAM; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; HYDROCODONE; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; OXYCODONE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33644689322     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v24n04_01     Document Type: Article

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