Reassessing the marijuana gateway effect

Addiction

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1493-1504

  Morral, Andrew R ^a   McCaffrey, Daniel F ^a   Paddock, Susan M ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Drug use; Marijuana gateway effect; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROL SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MARIJUANA GATEWAY EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036917735     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00280.x     Document Type: Review

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