Exploring Marijuana Advertising on Weedmaps, a Popular Online Directory

Prevention Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 183-192

  Bierut, Tatiana ^a   Krauss, Melissa J ^b   Sowles, Shaina J ^b   Cavazos Rehg, Patricia A ^b  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; Cannabis; Marijuana; Social media

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADVERTISING; COLORADO; DIRECTORY; HUMAN; INTERNET; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CANNABIS; COLORADO; DIRECTORIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNET; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84982306607     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-016-0702-z     Document Type: Article

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