Developing public health regulations for marijuana: Lessons from alcohol and tobacco

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1021-1028

  Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo ^a   Kilmer, Beau ^a   Wagenaar, Alexander C ^b   Chaloupka, Frank J ^c   Caulkins, Jonathan P ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COLORADO; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; STATE GOVERNMENT; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84901008784     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301766     Document Type: Article

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