"Sending the wrong message": Did medical marijuana legalization in California change attitudes about and use of marijuana?

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 751-770

  Khatapoush, Shereen ^a   Hallfors, Denise ^b,c  

^a Youth Serv Syst Cncl A/D A   (United States)

^b PIRE   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROL SYSTEM; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 11144313713     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260403400402     Document Type: Article

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