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Cannabis use falls among Dutch youth

BMJ 2000; 321 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.321.7262.655/a (Published 16 September 2000) Cite this as: BMJ 2000;321:655
  1. Tony Sheldon
  1. Utrecht

    Cannabis use among Dutch schoolchildren aged 10-18 years has fallen for the first time in 16 years, a national survey of risk behaviour among 10000 young people has shown.

    The school survey, carried out by Trimbos, the Netherlands Institute for Mental Health and Addiction (www.trimbos.nl/), showed that about one in five young people had used cannabis at some time in their lives but …

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