The impacts of marijuana dispensary density and neighborhood ecology on marijuana abuse and dependence

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 154, Issue , 2015, Pages 111-116

  Mair, Christina ^a,b   Freisthler, Bridget ^b,c   Ponicki, William R ^b   Gaidus, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Prevention Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Marijuana abuse; Marijuana dispensaries; Marijuana hospitalizations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MARIJUANA DISPENSARY DENSITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEIGHBORHOOD ECOLOGY; PANEL STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CALIFORNIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

CANNABIS;

BAYES THEOREM; CALIFORNIA; CANNABIS; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84938966493     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.019     Document Type: Article

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