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Commercial marijuana could learn from tobacco: California
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32766
Subject(s) - harm , harm reduction , environmental health , tobacco control , population , criminology , medicine , psychology , advertising , political science , business , law , family medicine , public health , nursing , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
California legalized marijuana but didn't adopt the lessons already known from tobacco control to prevent youth use and reduce demand, according to a study published last week in JAMA Network Open . The harm caused by tobacco is well known; the risk of harm from marijuana is less well known, as is the best regulatory practice for the new drug. All this means that the population is exposed to “significant potential harm,” the researchers wrote.