Sessions, cyphers, and parties: Settings for informal social controls of blunt smoking

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 43-80

  Dunlap, Eloise ^a   Johnson, Bruce D ^a   Benoit, Ellen ^a   Sifaneck, Stephen J ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunts; Conduct norms; Cyphers; Marijuana; Sessions; Subcultures

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLUNT SMOKING; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CITY; CONSUMER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RITUAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NEW YORK CITY; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84905625509     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v04n03_03     Document Type: Review

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