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Fact or Faction Regarding the Relationship between Cannabis Use and Violent Behavior

Dorsa Rafiei and Nathan J. Kolla
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online March 2022, 50 (1) 44-55; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210034-21
Dorsa Rafiei
Ms. Rafiei is a Graduate Student and Dr. Kolla is a Clinician-Scientist, Violence Prevention Neurobiological Research Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and a Forensic Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Nathan J. Kolla
Ms. Rafiei is a Graduate Student and Dr. Kolla is a Clinician-Scientist, Violence Prevention Neurobiological Research Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and a Forensic Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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vol. 50 no. 1 44-55
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https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210034-21
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34893489

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  • Published online February 26, 2022.

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  1. Dorsa Rafiei, HBSc and
  2. Nathan J. Kolla, MD, PhD
  1. Ms. Rafiei is a Graduate Student and Dr. Kolla is a Clinician-Scientist, Violence Prevention Neurobiological Research Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and a Forensic Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  1. Address correspondence to: Nathan J. Kolla, MD, PhD. E-mail: nathan.kolla{at}camh.ca.
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