Crack heads and roots daughters: The therapeutics use of cannabis in Jamaica

Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 121-133

  Dreher, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Cocaine; Crack; Culture; Ganja; Jamaica; Multiple drug use; Rastafarians; Self treatment; Women

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE;

COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0036455060     PISSN: 15299775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J175v02n03_08     Document Type: Review

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