Cannabis "Vaporization": A promising strategy for Smoke Harm Reduction

Cannabis Therapeutics in HIV/AIDS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 153-170

  Gieringer, Dale H ^a  

^a California NORML   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Marijuana; Smoke harm reduction; Vaporization; Vaporizers

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EID: 85071505494     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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