A Public Health Framework for Legalized Retail Marijuana Based on the US Experience: Avoiding a New Tobacco Industry

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Barry, Rachel Ann ^a   Glantz, Stanton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 84989843231     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002131     Document Type: Article

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