Dinosaur girls, candy girls, and trinity: Voices of Taiwanese club drug users

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-257

  Leung, Kit Sang ^a   Li, Jih Heng ^b   Tsay, Wen Ing ^c   Hsu, Jui ^c   Cottler, Linda B ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Taiwan)

^c Executive Yuan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese; Club drugs; Ecstasy; Focus groups; MDMA

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; KETAMINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG USE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; CANNABIS ADDICTION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HALLUCINOGENS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149229641     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332640802313205     Document Type: Article

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