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Sociodemographic Characteristics of Cannabis Smokers and the Experience of Cannabis Withdrawal

Marc L. Copersino Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA
, Ph.D.,
Susan J. Boyd Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
, M.D.,
Donald P. Tashkin Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
, M.D.,
Marilyn A. Huestis Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
, Ph.D.,,
Stephen J. Heishman Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
, Ph.D.,
John C. Dermand Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
, B.S.,,
Michael S. Simmons Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
&
David A. Gorelick Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, M.D.,Ph.D. show all
Pages 311-319 | Published online: 03 Aug 2010

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