Medical marijuana and related legal aspects

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Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 612-619

  Marcoux, Rita M ^a   Larrat, E Paul ^b   Vogenberg, F Randy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Institute for Integrated Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled Substances Act; Government regulation; Marijuana use; Medical marijuana; State laws

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DRONABINOL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANOREXIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG USE; ENTERITIS; EPILEPSY; GLAUCOMA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOSS OF APPETITE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SPASTICITY; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84885807578     PISSN: 10521372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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