“No High Like a Brownie High”: A Content Analysis of Edible Marijuana Tweets

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 880-886

  Cavazos Rehg, Patricia A ^a   Zewdie, Kidist ^a   Krauss, Melissa J ^a   Sowles, Shaina J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

marijuana; social media; twitter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANNABIS ADDICTION; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85038872310     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: 21686602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890117116686574     Document Type: Article

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