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01-07-2015 | Editorial

Challenges in minimizing the adverse effects of cannabis use after legalization

Author: Wayne Hall

Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Issue 7/2015

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Over the past 20 years epidemiological studies have left us better informed about the adverse effects of regular cannabis use in young adulthood on mental health and psychosocial outcomes [1]. The Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS) of David Fergusson and colleagues has made an especially valuable contribution to this literature, as indicated by the summary of its key findings on the mental health and psychosocial outcomes of cannabis use in the current issue. …

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Title: Challenges in minimizing the adverse effects of cannabis use after legalization
Author: Wayne Hall
Publication date: 01-07-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Issue 7/2015
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Electronic ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-015-1067-5

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