Commentary on Gunadi et al.: Opportunities to design more policy-relevant evaluations of non-medical cannabis legalization

Affiliations

¹ Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.
² School of Public Health Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.

Pamela J Trangenstein et al. Addiction. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;117(10):2660-2661.

doi: 10.1111/add.15984. Epub 2022 Jul 12.

¹ Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.
² School of Public Health Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cannabis; cannabis policy; cannabis-related disparities; legalization; policy evaluation; research methods.

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