Novel psychoactive drug use among younger adults involved in US nightlife scenes

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 588-593

  Kelly, Brian C ^a,b   Wells, Brooke E ^b   Pawson, Mark ^b   Leclair, Amy ^b   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^b,c,d   Golub, Sarit A ^c,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Mephedrone; Nightlife; Synthetic cannabinoid; Young adult

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID K2; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STREET DRUG; SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGHTLIFE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

MEPHEDRONE; NIGHTLIFE; SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BISEXUALITY; CANNABINOIDS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887618584     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12058     Document Type: Article

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