"Time for dabs": Analyzing Twitter data on marijuana concentrates across the U.S.

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 307-311

  Daniulaityte, Raminta ^a   Nahhas, Ramzi W ^a   Wijeratne, Sanjaya ^b   Carlson, Robert G ^a   Lamy, Francois R ^a   Martins, Silvia S ^c   Boyer, Edward W ^d   Smith, G Alan ^b   Sheth, Amit ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wright State University   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Marijuana concentrates; Marijuana legalization; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; DRUG LEGISLATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER; UNITED STATES; CANNABIS SMOKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941933127     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.1199     Document Type: Article

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