The academic consequences of marijuana use during college

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 564-575

  Arria, Amelia M ^a   Caldeira, Kimberly M ^a   Bugbee, Brittany A ^a   Vincent, Kathryn B ^a   O'Grady, Kevin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

cannabis; educational achievement; GPA; illicit drugs

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GRADE POINT AVERAGE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CANNABIS SMOKING; COLLEGE DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARIJUANA ABUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL DRINKING IN COLLEGE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942823894     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/adb0000108     Document Type: Article

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