Declining Prevalence of Marijuana Use Disorders Among Adolescents in the United States, 2002 to 2013

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 487-494.e6

  Grucza, Richard A ^a   Agrawal, Arpana ^a   Krauss, Melissa J ^a   Bongu, Jahnavi ^a   Plunk, Andrew D ^b   Cavazos Rehg, Patricia A ^a   Bierut, Laura J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

addiction; adolescence; epidemiology; externalizing; marijuana

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD; DSM-IV; GROWTH; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964669300     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.04.002     Document Type: Article

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