Dangers and pleasures: Drug attitudes and experiences among young people

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 333-350

  Järvinen, Margaretha ^a   Østergaard, Jeanette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

drugs; mixed methods; pleasure; risk; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255165282     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699311422018     Document Type: Article

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