Review: current evidence does not show a strong causal relation between the use of cannabis in young people and psychosocial harm.
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چکیده
Data sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycLIT, Web of Science, Addiction Abstracts, plus specialist databases of the Lindesmith Center, DrugScope, US National Institute on Drug Abuse and Substance abuse, and Mental Health Services Administration, searched up to June 2003. Experts were contacted and authors of selected papers were asked for unpublished data. Non-English publications were translated.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Evidence-based mental health
دوره 7 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004