Smoking, vaping, eating: Is legalization impacting the way people use cannabis?

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2016, Pages 141-147

  Borodovsky, Jacob T ^a   Crosier, Benjamin S ^a   Lee, Dustin C ^a   Sargent, James D ^b   Budney, Alan J ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis use; Dispensaries; Edibles; Legalization; Medical cannabis; Vaping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANNABIS USE; EATING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; LIFESPAN; MALE; POLICY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; SMOKING; VAPING; ADOLESCENT; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG CONTROL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

MEDICAL CANNABIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; EATING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POLICY MAKING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961180453     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.02.022     Document Type: Article

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