Toking and driving: Characteristics of Canadian university students who drive after cannabis use - An exploratory pilot study

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-187

  Fischer, Benedikt ^a,b   Rodopoulos, Jenny ^a,b   Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b   Ivsins, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Driving; Harm reduction; Prevention; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646897111     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630500512335     Document Type: Review

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