Pathways from cannabis to psychosis: a review of the evidence.

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Published in Front Psychiatry on October 14, 2013

Authors

Jonathan K Burns1

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1: Department of Psychiatry, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal , Durban , South Africa.

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