proposed policy mix can control the increase in cannabis consumption post-legalization and throttle the illegal market. The … and legalization. While introducing a legal market reduces the profits of illegal providers, it increases cannabis … opted for legalization, leaving room for the black market to flourish. Analyzing the compatibility of several policy goals …

We provide first-pass evidence that the legalization of the cannabis market across US states may be inducing a crime … drop. Exploiting the recent staggered legalization enacted by the adjacent states of Washington (end of 2012) and Oregon … the legalization of recreational marijuana caused a significant reduction of rapes and thefts on the Washington side of …

policies that would legalize marijuana recreational markets frequently argue that such laws will eliminate crime associated … with the black markets, which many argue is the only link between marijuana use and crime. Law enforcement, however, has … distribution), create crime in neighborhoods with these store-fronts. This study offers new insight into the question by exploiting …

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 …

cannabis) that occurred in Italy in 2017. Using unique and high-frequency data on prescription drug sales and by exploiting the … light cannabis and anxiolytics, sedatives, opioids, anti-depressants, and antipsychotics. Such medical non-adherence is …

cannabis possession. These results provide new insights for the current policy debate on the regulation of illicit drug markets. … 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 …

different regulation systems. We provide evidence that the opening of these zones was not in response to changes in crime. Our …This paper studies the effects of introducing legal street prostitution zones on both registered and perceived crime …-related crime and long-term effects on sexual assaults. Perceived drug nuisance increases upon opening but then decreases below pre …

This paper investigates how legal cannabis access affects student performance. Identification comes from an exceptional … policy introduced in the city of Maastricht which discriminated legal access based on individuals' nationality. We apply a … Maastricht University before and during the partial cannabis prohibition. We find that the academic performance of students who …

Incarceration is a crucial part of the scholarly analysis of crime, but what happens inside penal institutions largely …

-care utilization, employment and crime for patients who enter outpatient treatment for cannabis use disorder. Confounding due to … treatment and increasing crime both before and after treatment begins. Together, these findings suggest that waiting times to …