Ecstasy: Commodity or disease?

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-264

  Agar, Michael ^a,b   Reisinger, Heather Schacht ^a  

^a Friends Social Research Center   (United States)

^b Ethknoworks   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Ecstasy; Epidemiology; Illicit drug trends

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

CONSUMER; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LONELINESS; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THEORY;

EID: 3843100454     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2004.10399736     Document Type: Article

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