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Why Do Some People Want to Legalize Cannabis Use?
Williams, Jenny - 2011
current use and past use of cannabis are major determinants of being in favor of legalization. These results control for … reverse causality from favorable attitudes to use. We also find that cannabis users are more in favor of legalization the … evidence that peers' use of cannabis impacts on preferences towards legalization …
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The Public Health Effects of Legalizing Marijuana
Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
credible evidence to suggest that legalization promotes marijuana use among teenagers. Likewise, there is convincing evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510526
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Marijuana Liberalization Policies and Perinatal Health
Meinhofer, Angelica; Witman, Allison E.; Hinde, Jesse M.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We studied the effect of marijuana liberalization policies on perinatal health with a multiperiod difference-in-differences estimator that exploited variation in effective dates of medical marijuana laws (MML) and recreational marijuana laws (RML). We found that the proportion of maternal...
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Have Recreational Marijuana Laws Undermined Public Health Progress on Adult Tobacco Use?
Dave, Dhaval; Liang, Yang; Pesko, Michael F.; Phillips, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Public health experts caution that legalization of recreational marijuana may normalize smoking and undermine the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814481
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The Taxation of Recreational Marijuana : Evidence from Washington State
Hansen, Benjamin - 2017
The median United States voter supports the legalization of marijuana, at least in part due to a desire to increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455050
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Medical Cannabis Availability and Mental Health : Evidence From New York's Medical Cannabis Program
Drake, Coleman; Nagy, Dylan; Slusky, David; Eisenberg, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Evidence on cannabis legalization's effects on mental health remains scarce, despite both rapid increases in cannabis … use and an ongoing mental health crisis in the United States. We use granular geographic data to estimate medical cannabis … that medical cannabis availability had negative effects on mental health for the adult population overall. We also find …
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The Effects of Recreational Marijuana Legalization on Employment and Earnings
Dave, Dhaval; Liang, Yang; Muratori, Caterina; Sabia, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Despite nearly 70 percent of the American public supporting legalization of recreational marijuana, opponents argue …
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Recreational Marijuana Laws and the Use of Opioids : Evidence from NSDUH Microdata
McClellan, Chandler; Mutter, Ryan; Rees, Daniel I. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Recent studies have concluded that state laws legalizing medical marijuana can reduce deaths from opioid overdoses. Using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, a survey uniquely suited to assessing drug misuse, we examine the relationship between recreational marijuana laws...
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Marijuana Legalization and Opioid Deaths
Mathur, Neil K.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
relative to the counterfactual of no legal cannabis …
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Effects of Opioid-Related Policies on Opioid Utilization, Nature of Medical Care, and Duration of Disability
Neumark, David; Savych, Bogdan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We examine the effects of must-access prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) and recent regulations limiting the duration of initial opioid prescriptions on care received by patients with work-related injuries, focusing on opioid utilization and medical care related to pain management. We...
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