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The Relationship Between Marijuana Use and Intimate Partner Violence in a Nationally Representative, Longitudinal Sample

Link: 
The Relationship Between Marijuana Use and Intimate Partner Violence in a Nationally Representative, Longitudinal Sample [1]
Article Date: 
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Tags:

  • adolescent [2]
  • crime [3]
  • Domestic Violence [4]
  • Research [5]
  • USF [6]
  • UF [7]

Adolescent marijuana use, particularly consistent use throughout adolescence, is associated with perpetration or both perpetration of and victimization by intimate partner violence in early adulthood. These findings have implications for intimate partner violence prevention efforts, as marijuana use should be considered as a target of early intimate partner violence intervention and treatment programming.

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[1] http://jiv.sagepub.com/content/27/8/1562.abstract
[2] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/adolescent
[3] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/crime
[4] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/domestic-violence
[5] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/research
[6] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/usf
[7] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/uf