Recreational drug use and binge drinking: Stimulant but not cannabis intoxication is associated with excessive alcohol consumption

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 436-445

  Mcketin, Rebecca ^a,b   Chalmers, Jenny ^b   Sunderland, Matthew ^b   Bright, David A ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Binge; Cannabis; Ecstasy; Stimulants

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BINGE DRINKING; CANNABIS SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BINGE DRINKING; CANNABIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; STREET DRUGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904393077     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12147     Document Type: Article

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