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Trend differences over 20 years between two methadone maintenance clinics, one with and one without cannabis legalization

Miriam Adelsona Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G. Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research, Las Vegas, NV, USA;b Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G. Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
, MD,
Dinita Smitha Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G. Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research, Las Vegas, NV, USA
, MSW, LCADC &
Einat Pelesb Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G. Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel;c Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel;d Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD
Pages 226-233 | Published online: 09 Feb 2021

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