Relationship between adolescent marijuana use and young adult illicit drug use

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 498-506

  Lessem, Jeffrey M ^a   Hopfer, Christian J ^b   Haberstick, Brett C ^a   Timberlake, David ^a   Ehringer, Marissa A ^a   Smolen, Andrew ^a   Hewitt, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gateway theory; Genetics; Illicit drugs; Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health; Marijuana

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF REPORT; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLORADO; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARIJUANA ABUSE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 33745664763     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-006-9064-9     Document Type: Article

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