Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 121-128 , 1 December 2007

Predictors of marijuana use among married couples: the influence of one's spouse

  • Gregory G. Homish

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203-1016, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 716 887 3306; fax: +1 716 887 2215.
    • ,
  • Kenneth E. Leonard

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203-1016, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203-1016, USA
    • ,
  • Jack R. Cornelius

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

Received 11 September 2006 ,Revised 18 April 2007 ,Accepted 14 May 2007.

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PII: S0376-8716(07)00216-5

doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.05.014

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 121-128 , 1 December 2007

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