The melding of drug markets in houston after katrina: Dealer and user perspectives

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1390-1405

  Kotarba, Joseph A ^a   Fackler, Jennifer ^a   Johnson, Bruce D ^b   Dunlap, Eloise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Katrina; Illicit drug culture; Illicit drug markets; Illicit drug use; New Orleans evacuees

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FLOODING; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MARKETING; MIGRATION; PRISONER; REFUGEE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; CYCLONIC STORMS; FEMALE; FLOODS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; NEW ORLEANS; PRISONERS; REFUGEES; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77953001466     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826081003682917     Document Type: Article

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