Using Children: Marijuana Grow-ops, Media, and Policy

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 238-257

  Boyd, Susan ^a   Carter, Connie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children at risk; drug policy; Grow operations; Marijuana; Media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863516711     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2011.603133     Document Type: Article

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