This paper studies the impact of legal medical marijuana markets on the decision to quit marijuana use. We distinguish … is impacted by either the presence or protection of retail medical marijuana dispensaries, our results reveal significant … with racial and ethnic differences in the risks of arrest for simple marijuana offences, particularly for black males. …

Thirty-six states have legalized medical marijuana and 14 states have legalized the use of marijuana for recreational … purposes. In this paper, we review the literature on the public health consequences of legalizing marijuana, focusing on … the outcomes considered are: youth marijuana use, alcohol consumption, the abuse of prescription opioids, traffic …

-in-differences model that exploits the variation in the timing of recreational marijuana dispensary entry across counties within Colorado …. Using marijuana-related hospital discharge as a proxy for marijuana use, the results indicate a sizable rise in marijuana …

We analyze persistence in marijuana consumption utilizing data from the 1997 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey …