A friend with weed is a friend indeed: Understanding the relationship between friendship identity and market relations among marijuana users

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 289-313

  Belackova, Vendula ^a,b   Vaccaro, Christian Alexander ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug policy; Friendship; Identity theory; Illicit marijuana market; Social supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884696137     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022042613475589     Document Type: Article

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