The history and current state of drug abuse in Japan

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-72

  Wada, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Evasive drugs; Methamphetamines; Prescribed drugs; Solvents

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; DESIGNER DRUG; DIAMORPHINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CRIME; DESTRUCTION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INDUSTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; POPULATION;

CANNABIS;

EID: 79251474018     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05914.x     Document Type: Article

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