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Colorado Family Physicians' Attitudes Toward Medical Marijuana

Elin Kondrad and Alfred Reid
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2013, 26 (1) 52-60; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.01.120089
Elin Kondrad
From the St. Anthony North Family Medicine Residency, Westminster, CO (EK); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (AR).
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Alfred Reid
From the St. Anthony North Family Medicine Residency, Westminster, CO (EK); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (AR).
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