Monitoring the Internet for emerging psychoactive substances available to Australia

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 541-544

  Bruno, Raimondo ^a   Poesiat, Rosalie ^a   Matthews, Allison Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bath salt; Emerging psychoactive substance; Internet surveillance; Mephedrone; Methylenedioxypyrovalerone

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BATH SALT; ECONOMICS; EMERGING PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET SURVEILLANCE; METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; PILOT STUDY; STANDARD;

BATH SALT; EMERGING PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE; INTERNET SURVEILLANCE; MEPHEDRONE; METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INTERNET; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84884705842     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12049     Document Type: Article

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