How Has Legal Recreational Cannabis Affected Adolescents in Your State? A Window of Opportunity

Affiliations

¹ Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing is with the Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland. Travis I. Lovejoy is with the Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, and the Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University. Esther K. Choo is with the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University.

Sarah W Feldstein Ewing et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;107(2):246-247.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303585.

¹ Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing is with the Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland. Travis I. Lovejoy is with the Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, and the Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University. Esther K. Choo is with the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University.

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