Examining the relationship between the physical availability of medical marijuana and marijuana use across fifty California cities

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 244-250

  Freisthler, Bridget ^a   Gruenewald, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis use; Marijuana delivery services; Marijuana use; Medical marijuana dispensaries

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; MEDICAL CANNABIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANNABIS USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRESS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; HEALTH SURVEY; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CANNABIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922334057     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.07.036     Document Type: Article

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