Legalizing a market for cannabis for pleasure: Colorado, Washington, Uruguay and beyond

Addiction

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 345-351

  Room, Robin ^a,b,c  

^a TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol control; Cannabis; Drug control; Drug conventions; Drug prohibition; Marijuana; Regulated market

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRUG CONTROL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; URUGUAY;

CANNABIS; COLORADO; COMMERCE; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; URUGUAY; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84893837434     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12355     Document Type: Review

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