Amphetamine-Related Disorders - Economics
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Monday, November 23, 2009

What's in a label? Ecstasy sellers' perceptions of pill brands.

27 Feb 2009 This article presents selected findings from a qualitative study of Ecstasy sellers and their sales practices, knowledge of distribution networks, buyer-seller relationships, and self-reported drug use. In-depth interviews were conducted with 80 men ... Read more...

Mapping the experience of drug dealing risk environments: an ethnographic case study.

23 Jan 2009 BACKGROUND: The traditional approach to understanding the economic dimensions of risk environments is to examine the forces that determine the activities of social actors. Drug dealing poses a particular problem for risk environments as dealing and ... Read more...

Methamphetamine-related emergency department utilization and cost.

30 Dec 2007 OBJECTIVE: To quantify the frequency, cost, and characteristics associated with emergency department (ED) visits that are related to methamphetamine use. METHODS: This was a prospective observational study. The authors performed a training program ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Amphetamine-Related Disorders - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The scourge of methamphetamine. 30 Jul 2009
• Brain gain: the underground world of neuroenhancing drugs. 25 Apr 2009
• What's in a label? Ecstasy sellers' perceptions of pill brands. 27 Feb 2009
• Mapping the experience of drug dealing risk environments: an ethnographic case study. 23 Jan 2009
• Methamphetamine-related emergency department utilization and cost. 30 Dec 2007
• Craving and control: methamphetamine users' narratives. 30 Oct 2006
• Identification and quantification of change in Australian illicit drug markets. Aug 2006
• Ecstasy (MDMA, MDA, MDEA, MBDB) consumption, seizures, related offences, prices, dosage levels and deaths in the UK (1994-2003). 29 Apr 2006

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Technical information about 'Amphetamine-Related Disorders'

Definition: Disorders related or resulting from use of amphetamines.

Descriptor UI: D019969

Alternative terms: Amphetamine-Related Disorders; Amphetamine Related Disorders; Disorder, Amphetamine-Related; Disorders, Amphetamine-Related; Amphetamine Addiction; Addiction, Amphetamine; Amphetamine Dependence; Dependence, Amphetamine; Amphetamine Abuse; Abuse, Amphetamine;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.739.225; F03.900.225;

History Note: 98