Adverse psychosocial outcomes associated with drug use among US high school seniors: A comparison of alcohol and marijuana

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 438-446

  Palamar, Joseph J ^a,b,c   Fenstermaker, Michael ^d   Kamboukos, Dimita ^a   Ompad, Danielle C ^b,c,e   Cleland, Charles M ^c,f   Weitzman, Michael ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Behavioral Medical Research   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adverse outcomes; Alcohol; Cannabis; Marijuana

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CANNABIS SMOKING; CAR DRIVING; CAUCASIAN; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911900639     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2014.943371     Document Type: Article

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