Heroin as Evil: ecstasy users' perceptions about heroin
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Heroin as Evil: ecstasy users’ perceptions about heroin
Information gleaned from several studies suggests that non-opiate drug users view heroin and heroin users in negative terms. The present study examines this issue in greater detail through analysis of Ecstasy users’ perceptions about heroin, heroin users and injectors. The data were collected through in-depth interviews with 98 current or former users of Ecstasy who were recruited through vario...
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عنوان ژورنال: Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0968-7637,1465-3370
DOI: 10.1080/096876301300101924