The impact of adolescent exposure to medical marijuana laws on high school completion, college enrollment and college degree completion

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 168, Issue , 2016, Pages 320-327

  Plunk, Andrew D ^a   Agrawal, Arpana ^b   Harrell, Paul T ^a   Tate, William F ^c   Will, Kelli England ^a   Mellor, Jennifer M ^d   Grucza, Richard A ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Educational attainment; Medical marijuana laws

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL CANNABIS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG LEGISLATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; YOUNG ADULT; CANNABIS SMOKING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; PROBABILITY; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84993945013     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.09.002     Document Type: Article

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