CommentaryAddressing the stimulant treatment gap: A call to investigate the therapeutic benefits potential of cannabinoids for crack-cocaine use
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Acknowledgements
Dr. Fischer acknowledges research support from CIHR for the Ontario CRISM Node Team (grant# SMN-139150) and a CIHR/PHAC Applied Public Health Research Chair award. Dr. Wood acknowledges funding support from a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Inner City Medicine.
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