Buying cannabis in 'coffee shops'

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-156

  Monshouwer, Karin ^a,b   Van Laar, Margriet ^a   Vollebergh, Wilma A ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cannabis use; Cannabis related harm; Coffee shop; Drug policy

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; COFFEE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; NETHERLANDS; POLICY;

CANNABIS; COFFEE; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MARKETING; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 79952292429     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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