Methamphetamine and other substance use trends among street-recruited men who have sex with men, from 2008 to 2011

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 262-265

  Reback, Cathy J ^a,b   Fletcher, Jesse B ^a   Shoptaw, Steven ^c   Grella, Christine E ^b  

^a FRIENDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Methamphetamine; MSM; Street outreach; Substance use

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMYL NITRITE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

HIV; METHAMPHETAMINE; MSM; STREET OUTREACH; SUBSTANCE USE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG USERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884416103     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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