Testing the cannabis gateway hypothesis: Replies to Hall, Kandel et al. and MacCoun (2006)

Addiction

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 474-476

  Fergusson, David M ^a   Boden, Joseph M ^a   Horwood, L John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MARKETING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POLICY; POLITICS; RAT; RISK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

EID: 33644870667     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01450.x     Document Type: Note

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