NCJ Number
15507
Date Published
1973
Length
196 pages
Annotation
THIRTEEN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH REPORTS DEALING WITH THE INITIATION TO SMOKING MARIJUANA, PATTERNS OF USAGE AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DRUGS SUCH AS HEROIN, AND THE CONTROL OF MARIJUANA.
Abstract
PART ONE PRESENTS TWO STUDIES ON PREDICTING CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONS WHO WILL TRY MARIJUANA. PART TWO PRESENTS FOUR STUDIES ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MARIJUANA USE AND PART THREE CONTAINS TWO REPORTS ON MARIJUANA AND HEROIN. THE FINAL PART PRESENTS FIVE PAPERS EXPLORING THE ISSUES OF CONTROL AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTROL POLICIES.