Heterogeneity of state medical marijuana laws and adolescent recent use of alcohol and marijuana: Analysis of 45 states, 1991–2011

Substance Abuse

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 247-254

  Johnson, Julie K ^a,b   Johnson, Renee M ^a   Hodgkin, Dominic ^c   Jones, Abenaa A ^a   Matteucci, Ann Marie ^d   Harris, Sion K ^b,c,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CANNABIS USE; CHILD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNDERAGE DRINKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA USE; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; UNDERAGE DRINKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85033698830     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2017.1389801     Document Type: Article

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