The grass is always greener: Explaining rural and urban differences in marijuana use

Sociological Focus

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-305

  Ousey, Graham C ^a   Maume, Michael O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85007810052     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.1997.10571080     Document Type: Article

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