Estimating the harms and costs of cannabis-attributable collisions in the Canadian provinces

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 173, Issue , 2017, Pages 185-190

  Wettlaufer, Ashley ^a,b   Florica, Roxana O ^b   Asbridge, Mark ^c   Beirness, Douglas ^a   Brubacher, Jeffrey ^d   Callaghan, Russell ^e   Fischer, Benedikt ^b,f   Gmel, Gerrit ^b,g   Imtiaz, Sameer ^b   Mann, Robert E ^b   McKiernan, Anna ^a   Rehm, Jürgen ^b  

^a Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canada; Cannabis; Costs; Harm; Traffic collision

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANNABIS USE; COST; DESTRUCTION; FATALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CANNABIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014485469     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.12.024     Document Type: Article

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