Still Dazed and Confused: Midlife Marijuana Use by the Baby Boom Generation

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 822-841

  Black, Pamela ^a   Joseph, Lauren J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84903398459     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2014.889994     Document Type: Article

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