Implications of marijuana legalization for adolescent substance use

Substance Abuse

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 331-335

  Hopfer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; legalization; marijuana

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CANNABIS SMOKING; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NETHERLANDS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NETHERLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918795509     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2014.943386     Document Type: Review

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