Understanding global patterns of domestic cannabis cultivation

Drugs and Alcohol Today

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 213-221

  Barratt, Monica J ^a   Bouchard, Martin ^b   Decorte, Tom ^c   Frank, Vibeke Asmussen ^d   Hakkarainen, Pekka ^e   Lenton, Simon ^a   Malm, Aili ^f   Nguyen, Holly ^g   Potter, Gary R ^h  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^h LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Cross national; Cultivation; Drugs; Internet; Plant products; Questionnaire; Recruitment; Research; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870196602     PISSN: 17459265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17459261211286627     Document Type: Article

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