An examination of the normalisation of cannabis use among 9th grade school students in Sweden and Switzerland

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 601-616

  Sznitman, Sharon Rdner ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Comparative study; Normalisation thesis; Social control theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949021348     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350701433233     Document Type: Article

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