Volatile bodies: Stories of corporeal pleasure and damage in marginalised young people's drug use

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 375-383

  MacLean, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inhalant; Marginality; Meaning; Narrative; Pleasure; Volatile substance

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; VOLATILE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPOREAL PLEASURE; DEATH; DRUG INTOXICATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY; NARRATIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NARRATION; PLEASURE-PAIN PRINCIPLE; POVERTY; SOLVENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 51649093030     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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