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As marijuana access expands, research seeks to shed light on use disorders
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30161
Subject(s) - recreation , field (mathematics) , psychology , internet privacy , public relations , political science , computer science , law , mathematics , pure mathematics
Given the high number of states that have either adopted or seriously considered measures allowing marijuana use for medical or recreational purposes, it remains surprising that many knowledge gaps persist regarding the health implications of wider access to the drug. Moreover, there is an even more gaping hole in the understanding of the trajectory of actual marijuana use disorders, compared with the field's familiarity with general trends in marijuana use.