Cannabis use - Do we have solutions? A reply to Macleod

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1575-

  Perkonigg, Axel ^a   Goodwin, Renee D ^b   Behrendt, Silke ^a   Beesdo, Katja ^a   Lieb, Roselind ^c   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 49249128862     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02286.x     Document Type: Letter

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