Pill-poppers and dopers: A comparison of non-medical prescription drug use and illicit/street drug use among college students

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 934-941

  Ford, Jason A ^a   Arrastia, Meagan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Illicit street drug use; Non medical prescription drug use

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; RACE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUG USERS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; STREET DRUGS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049141820     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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