Consuming e: Ecstasy Use and Contemporary Social Life
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Pathways into ecstasy use: the role of prior cannabis use and ecstasy availability.
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عنوان ژورنال: Contemporary Drug Problems
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0091-4509,2163-1808
DOI: 10.1177/009145090903600109