Effectiveness of preventing frequent cannabis use among young people in improving educational achievement: Eradicating frequent cannabis use among adolescents could reduce school dropout by 3% [3]

Addiction

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 650-651

  Hickman, Matthew ^a   Macleod, John ^b   Smith, George Davey ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 2342440299     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00731.x     Document Type: Letter

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