What's the rap about ecstasy?: Popular music lyrics and drug trends among American youth

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-298

  Diamond, Sarah ^a,b   Bermudez, Rey ^a,b   Schensul, Jean ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Drug trends; Ecstasy; Media; Popular music; Youth culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646238940     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558406287398     Document Type: Article

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