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Psychosocial Research on Marijuana Use: An Early Review

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Abstract

The principal aim of this chapter is to review the contribution that psychosocial research has made to an understanding of marijuana use by young people in the late seventies. A time of increasing acceptance in societal attitudes about its use. After a review of the epidemiology of marijuana use, research documenting the influence of the social environment, of personality, and of other behaviors on marijuana use is considered. Finally, research on the role of marijuana in psychosocial development is explored. The chapter concludes with consideration of decriminalization of marijuana use, and regulation of its use as is done with alcohol, a legal drug.

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Jessor, R. (1979). Marihuana: A review of recent psychosocial research. In R. L. DuPont, A. Goldstein & J. O’Donnell (Eds.), Handbook on drug abuse (pp. 337–355). Washington, DC: National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

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Jessor, R. (2017). Psychosocial Research on Marijuana Use: An Early Review. In: Problem Behavior Theory and Adolescent Health . Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51349-2_11

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