Ketamine: The divisive dissociative. A discourse analysis of the constructions of ketamine by participants of a free party (rave) scene

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-230

  Riley, Sarah ^a   Morey, Yvette ^a   Griffin, Christine ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Discourse analysis; Free party; Ketamine; Neo liberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849116482     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350801983715     Document Type: Article

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