Short-Term Effects of State Legalization on Adolescent Cannabis Use May Not Predict Any Longer-Term Effects

Affiliations

¹ Wayne Hall is with the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research and Janni Leung is with the School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.

Editorial

Wayne D Hall et al. Am J Public Health. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;110(9):1270-1271.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305830.

¹ Wayne Hall is with the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research and Janni Leung is with the School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.

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