Cannabis problem experiences among users of the tobacco-cannabis combination known as blunts

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 150, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-84

  Fairman, Brian J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunts; Cannabis; Cannabis use disorder; Mulling; Severity; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT SMOKING; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CANNABIS USE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG COMBINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

CANNABIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

DRUG COMBINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926407871     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.02.014     Document Type: Article

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