Cannabis and cognition: Short-and long-term effects

Marijuana and Madness: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 91-102

  Solowij, Nadia ^a   Pesa, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511706080.009     Document Type: Chapter

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