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Science 19 December 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3912, pp. 1544 - 1545
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3912.1544
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Marijuana Use Among Urban Adults

Dean I. Manheimer 1, Glen D. Mellinger 1, and Mitchell B. Balter 2

1 Family Research Center, Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, 2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley, California 94704
2 Special Studies Section, Psychopharmacology Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20014

A relatively high proportion of young adults in San Francisco have used marijuana one or more times. The proportion in this age group who have used marijuana is as great among nonstudents as among students.


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