Using Web searches to track interest in synthetic cannabinoids (aka 'herbal incense')

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 105-108

  Curtis, Brenda ^a   Alanis Hirsch, Kelly ^a   Kaynak, Övgü ^a   Cacciola, John ^a   Meyers, Kathy ^a   Mclellan, Anthony Thomas ^a  

^a TREATMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Designer drug; Herbal incense; Internet surveillance; Legal high; Synthetic cannabinoid

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; DESIGNER DRUG; STREET DRUG;

HUMAN; INTERNET; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYNTHESIS;

CANNABINOIDS; DESIGNER DRUGS; HUMANS; INTERNET; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84921272096     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12189     Document Type: Article

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