The effects of price and policy on marijuana use: What can be learned from the Australian experience?

Health Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-137

  Williams, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demand; Marijuana; Price elasticity of demand; Two part model

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1142299660     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.796     Document Type: Article

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