From "male bonding rituals" to "suicide tuesday": A qualitative study of issues faced by gay male ecstasy (MDMA) users

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 7-32

  Klitzman, Robert ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Club drugs; Crystal methamphetamine; Drug abuse; Ethnographic; Homosexuality; MDMA; Prevention; Risk behavior; Side effects; Substance use

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGANIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NEW YORK CITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIALIZATION; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33751310132     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v51n03_02     Document Type: Article

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