Legal highs on the Internet

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-340

  Hillebrand, Jennifer ^a   Olszewski, Deborah ^a   Sedefov, Roumen ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Herbal highs; Internet; Legal highs; Online drug retailer; Online shop

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; SAFETY;

COMMERCE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MARKETING; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS;

EID: 76849086923     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826080903443628     Document Type: Article

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