"Legal Highs" from the German Internet - "Bath salt drugs" on the rise;"Legal Highs" aus dem Deutschen Internet - Der Vormarsch von "Badesalz-Drogen"

Archiv fur Kriminologie

Volumn 232, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 91-103

  Musshoff, Frank ^a,b   Hottmann, Lidia ^a   Hess, Cornelius ^a   Madea, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b Forensisch Toxikologischen Centrum (FTC)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cathinone; Legal highs; Piperazine

Indexed keywords

DESIGNER DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG CONTROL; GERMANY; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

DESIGNER DRUGS; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; GERMANY; INTERNET; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84887936942     PISSN: 00039225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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