The effects of the military's antidrug policies over the life course: The case of past-year hallucinogen use

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 837-853

  Miech, Richard A ^a   London, Andrew S ^b   Wilmoth, Janet M ^b   Koester, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cohort; Gateway; Hallucinogens; Life course; NSDUH; Period; Veterans

Indexed keywords

PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF MEDICATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84880670252     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.800120     Document Type: Article

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