4/12/2005
Cannabis Substitution Harm Reduction
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Half of the sample had at least one alcoholic parent
Most of the "cannabis substitution" cases were raised by
at least one alcoholic parent: Over half those in the
study group had one or two alcoholic parents; a few others had a markedly mentally disturbed
parent though not an alcoholic one.
The child of the alcoholics both suffered
abuse and abandonment. No functional role models were provided