Pathways to cannabis abuse: A multi-stage model from cannabis availability, cannabis initiation and progression to abuse

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 430-438

  Gillespie, Nathan A ^a,b   Neale, Michael C ^b   Kendler, Kenneth S ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Availability; Cannabis; Initiation; Progression; Transition

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAUSAL COMMON CONTINGENT; CAUSAL MODELING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MODELS, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STREET DRUGS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 59849111333     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02456.x     Document Type: Article

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