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Is cannabis a gateway drug?

Evaluates competing explanations for cannabis as a gateway drug, such as shared
illicit market for harder drugs, pre-exposure user characteristics, or a true
gateway effect, pharmacological impact on CNS.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16191720
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The Addiction Counselor's Desk Reference
by Robert Holman Coombs, William A. Howatt
Comprehensive & practical guide to addictive disorders; consequences, and
treatments.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471432458/eegspectrum
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Adolescent drug abuse
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16181159

Is cannabis a gateway drug? Testing hypotheses about the relationship...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16191720

Drug courts and mental health courts
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16190299

Validation of a method to detect cocaine and its metabolites...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16183230

Do individuals with former amphetamine dependence have cognitive...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16195133

Physician attitudes regarding the prescription of medical marijuana.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16186085

What are the correlates of substance abuse treatment counselor...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16183467

Two Views of the Addiction Elephant
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16173881

Disappearance of cocaine from human hair after abstinence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16182955

The Adolescent Cannabis Check-Up
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16183469

Reducing bias in telephone survey estimates of the prevalence...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16185205

Adolescent alcohol use is a risk factor for adult alcohol and...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16194286

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