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Volume 7, Issue 1
1 February 2008
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Community Safety Journal
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Review Article| February 01 2008

Young people and cannabis use: messages for practitioners

Margaret Melrose
University of Bedfordshire
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2977-7097
Print ISSN: 1477-5883
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2008
Community Safety Journal (2008) 7 (1): 33–39.
https://doi.org/10.1108/17578043200800007

This article is based on a study of 100 young people who were regular marijuana users, which aimed to discover the impact of their drug use on key life transitions. The article identifies the implications for practitioners who work with these young people.

Keywords: Marijuana, Drug use, Social exclusion, Young people, Skunk
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