Long-term cannabis use: Characteristics of users in an Australian rural area

Addiction

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 837-846

  Reilly, David ^a,d   Didcott, Peter ^b   Swift, Wendy ^c   Hall, Wayne ^c  

^a Northern Rivers Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Northern Rivers Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARANOIA; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0031861639     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1998.9368375.x     Document Type: Article

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