Pathways into ecstasy use: The role of prior cannabis use and ecstasy availability
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Pathways into ecstasy use: the role of prior cannabis use and ecstasy availability.
AIM To explore the role of cannabis use for the availability of ecstasy as a potential pathway to subsequent first ecstasy use. METHODS Baseline and 4-year follow-up data from a prospective-longitudinal community study of originally 3021 adolescents and young adults aged 14-24 years at baseline were assessed using the standardized M-CIDI and DSM-IV criteria. RESULTS Baseline cannabis users ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0376-8716
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.02.008