Partying on? Life after BZP-based party pills

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1283, 2008, Pages 35-42

  Green, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 BENZYLPIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG; LYSERGIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; N BENZYLPIPERAZINE; N-BENZYLPIPERAZINE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MARKETING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECREATION; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; DRUG CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NEW ZEALAND; PIPERAZINES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 55249097922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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