Beyond 'peer pressure': Rethinking drug use and 'youth culture'

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-224

  Pilkington, Hilary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Normalisation thesis'; Drug use; Post Soviet Russia; Youth cultural practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; JUVENILE; PEER PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; RUSSIA; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34249977310     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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