Physician attitudes regarding the prescription of medical marijuana

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 87-93

  Charuvastra, Anthony ^a   Friedmann, Peter D ^b   Stein, Michael D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Legalization; Marijuana; Physician attitude

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHIATRIST;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANNABINOIDS; CANNABIS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MORALS; OBSTETRICS; PERMISSIVENESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PSYCHIATRY; SPECIALISM; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 27544469914     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v24n03_07     Document Type: Article

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