Bongs and blunts: Notes from a suburban marijuana subculture

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 81-97

  Kelly, Brian C ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunts; Bong; Marijuana; Suburbs; White; Youth

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT SMOKING; BONG SMOKING; CONSUMER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FIELD WORK; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NEW YORK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84905595838     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v04n03_04     Document Type: Article

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