cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth, on hospital admissions related to illicit drug use. To do so, we exploit … the depenalization policy unilaterally introduced in Lambeth between 2001 and 2002. We find the depenalization of cannabis …

of cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth. Such a policy can: (i) impact the demand for cannabis in Lambeth as users … move there to purchase cannabis; (ii) enable the Lambeth police to reallocate effort towards other types of crime. We … increases in cannabis possession offences that persisted well after the policy experiment ended. We find evidence that the …

includes a policy change in which the punishment severity was reduced. We find that the hourly wage and the number of hours are …

In the Netherlands cannabis use is quasi-legalized. Small quantities of cannabis can be bought in cannabis-shops. We … investigate how the distance to the nearest cannabis-shop affects the age of onset of cannabis use. We use a Mixed Proportional … cannabis. We find that distance matters. Individuals who grow up within 20 kilometers of a cannabis-shop have a lower age of …

understand the causes of this phenomenon, we investigate the relationship between suicidal ideation and cannabis use. Our … empirical analysis is based on a 30 year longitudinal study of a birth cohort. We find that intensive cannabis use - at least … ideation leads to cannabis use for either males or females. …

current use and past use of cannabis are a major determinants of being in favor of legalization. We also find that cannabis … users are more in favor of legalization the longer they have used cannabis and, among past users, the more recent their own … drug using experience. This may be reflecting the fact that experience with cannabis provides information about the costs …