Medical marijuana: A drug without a medical model

Georgetown Law Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1117-1145

  Frezza, Claire ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

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