Cannabis use and other illicit drug use: testing the cannabis gateway hypothesis.

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Published in Addiction on April 01, 2006

Authors

David M Fergusson1, Joseph M Boden, L John Horwood

Author Affiliations

1: Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand. david.fergusson@chmeds.ac.nz

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