"Those edibles hit hard": Exploration of Twitter data on cannabis edibles in the U.S

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-70

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

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wright State University   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Cannabis edibles; Cannabis legislation; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; MEDICAL CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FOOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES; DRUG CONTROL; EDIBLE PLANT; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; TRENDS;

CANNABIS; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; HUMANS; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84966708016     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.04.029     Document Type: Article

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