Functional methamphetamine use: The insider's perspective

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 465-477

  Lende, Daniel H ^a   Leonard, Terri ^b   Sterk, Claire E ^b   Elifson, Kirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional use; Methamphetamine; Motivation; Qualitative research; Substance abuse; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148826812     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350701284552     Document Type: Article

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