Retail marijuana purchases in designer and commercial markets in New York City: Sales units, weights, and prices per gram

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Sifaneck, Stephen J ^a   Ream, Geoffrey L ^b   Johnson, Bruce D ^a   Dunlap, Eloise ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argot; Behavioral; Consumers; Economic; Illicit sellers; Marijuana; Markets; Price per gram; Purchases; Quality; Quantity; Sales units; Subculture; Weights

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARKET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DESIGNER DRUGS; DRUG COSTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARKETING; NEW YORK CITY; STREET DRUGS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; URBAN POPULATION;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 34249935371     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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