Race/ethnicity and marijuana use in the United States: Diminishing differences in the prevalence of use, 2006–2015

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 179, Issue , 2017, Pages 379-386

  Keyes, Katherine M ^a   Wall, Melanie ^a   Feng, Tianshu ^a   Cerdá, Magdalena ^b   Hasin, Deborah S ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Hispanic; Marijuana; Medical marijuana laws; Monitoring the future; Race

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CANNABIS USE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ANCESTRY GROUP; CANNABIS SMOKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; PREVALENCE; STANDARDS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MARIJUANA USE; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; PREVALENCE; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85028539332     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.07.027     Document Type: Article

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