Mephedrone, new kid for the chop?

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 154-161

  Winstock, Adam R ^a   Mitcheson, Luke R ^b   Deluca, Paolo ^a   Davey, Zoe ^a   Corazza, Ornella ^c   Schifano, Fabrizio ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cathinones; Internet; Legal highs; Mephedrone; Stimulants

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DESIGNER DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DANCING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANCING; DESIGNER DRUGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650015521     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03130.x     Document Type: Article

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