Privileging pleasure: Temazepam injection in a heroin marketplace

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 367-374

  Dwyer, Robyn ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Harm reduction; Injecting drug use; Pleasure; Subjectivity; Temazepam

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMOTION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEL; HARM REDUCTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; PLEASURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SENSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIETNAMESE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CAPSULES; DRUG SYNERGISM; HARM REDUCTION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; PLEASURE-PAIN PRINCIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TEMAZEPAM; VIETNAM;

EID: 51649124924     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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