Cannabis, risk and normalisation: Evidence from a Canadian study of socially integrated, adult cannabis users

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 210-226

  Duff, Cameron ^a   Erickson, Patricia G ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; cannabis; harms; health risks; normalisation; public health; risk

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANNABIS SMOKING; CANNABIS USE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG TRAFFIC; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84901199813     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2014.911823     Document Type: Article

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