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The Role of MDMA (Ecstasy) in Coping with Negative Life Situations Among Urban Young Adults

Lwendo S. Moonzwe M.A. University of Connecticut, Department of Sociology, Storrs, CT, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jean J. Schensul Ph.D. Founding Director Institute for Community Research, Hartford, CT, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Kristin M. Kostick Ph.D. Institute for Community Research, Hartford, CT, USA
Pages 199-210 | Published online: 29 Aug 2011

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Lukas Andreas Basedow, Sören Kuitunen-Paul, Melina Felicitas Wiedmann, Veit Roessner & Yulia Golub. (2021) Self-reported PTSD is associated with increased use of MDMA in adolescents with substance use disorders. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 12:1.
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Khary K. Rigg. (2017) MDMA (Ecstasy/Molly) Use Among African Americans: Patterns of Initiation. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 16:3, pages 662-671.
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Stephen E. Lankenau, Ekaterina V. Fedorova, Megan Reed, Sheree M. Schrager, Ellen Iverson & Carolyn F. Wong. (2017) Marijuana practices and patterns of use among young adult medical marijuana patients and non-patient marijuana users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 170, pages 181-188.
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Joseph J. Palamar, Marybec Griffin-Tomas & Danielle C. Ompad. (2015) Illicit drug use among rave attendees in a nationally representative sample of US high school seniors. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 152, pages 24-31.
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Rebecca M. Scott, Leanne Hides, J. Sabura Allen & Dan I. Lubman. (2013) Coping style and ecstasy use motives as predictors of current mood symptoms in ecstasy users. Addictive Behaviors 38:10, pages 2465-2472.
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