Investigating how decisions to use marijuana change over time

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1401-1425

  Shukla, Rashi K ^a   Kelley, Margaret S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cessation; Illicit drug use; Initiation; Marijuana use; Rational choice

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG ABUSE; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; OKLAHOMA;

EID: 34548840587     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701212485     Document Type: Article

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