Therapeutic use of cannabis by crack addicts in Brazil

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 451-455

  Labigalini, Eliseu ^a   Rodrigues, Lucio Ribeiro ^a   DaSilveira, Dartiu Xavier ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Crack; Dependence; Harm reduction

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; PARANOIA; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0342470387     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.1999.10471776     Document Type: Article

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