Frequency and Risk of Marijuana Use among Substance-Using Health Care Patients in Colorado with and without Access to State Legalized Medical Marijuana

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Richmond, Melissa K ^a   Pampel, Fred C ^b   Rivera, Laura S ^a   Broderick, Kerryann B ^c   Reimann, Brie ^d   Fischer, Leigh ^e  

^a OMNI Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Access Management Services LLC Colorado Access   (United States)

^e Peer Assistance Services   (United States)

Author keywords

marijuana; medical marijuana; prevention; SBIRT

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; MEDICAL CANNABIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO USE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COLORADO; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TOBACCO USE;

EID: 84924174353     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2014.991008     Document Type: Article

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