Gamma hydroxybutyrate: An ethnographic study of recreational use and abuse

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-253

  Lee, Steven J ^a   Levounis, Petros ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b New York Law Institute   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Club drugs; Gamma hydroxybutyrate; GHB; Sodium oxybate

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; COCAINE; KETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; OXYBATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LIBIDO; LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 55349104474     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2008.10400639     Document Type: Article

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