Investigating the 'bath salt' panic: The rarity of synthetic cathinone use among students in the United States

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 545-549

  Stogner, John M ^a   Miller, Bryan Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3, 4 methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV); Bath salt; Media panic; Prevalence; Synthetic cathinone

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CATHINONE; STREET DRUG;

3, 4-METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE (MDPV); ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BATH SALT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDIA PANIC; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STUDENT; SYNTHETIC CATHINONE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

3, 4-METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE (MDPV); BATH SALT; MEDIA PANIC; PREVALENCE; SYNTHETIC CATHINONE;

ALKALOIDS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF REPORT; STREET DRUGS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884717730     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12055     Document Type: Article

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