'The great unmentionable': Exploring the pleasures and benefits of ecstasy from the perspectives of drug users

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-349

  Hunt, Geoffrey P ^a   Evans, Kristin ^a  

^a Scientific Analysis Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 52949142208     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630701726841     Document Type: Article

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