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 …

We study the impact of early cannabis use on the school to work transition of young men. Our empirical approach … accounts for common unobserved confounders that jointly affect selection into cannabis use and the transition from school to … competing risk. We find that early cannabis use leads young men to accept job offers more quickly and at a lower wage rate …

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 …

credible evidence to suggest that legalization promotes marijuana use among teenagers. Likewise, there is convincing evidence …

This paper examines the amenity value of legalized marijuana by analyzing the impact of marijuana legalization on … out-migration from Colorado suggesting that marijuana legalization did not change the equilibrium for individuals already …

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 …

This paper investigates how legal cannabis access affects student performance. Identification comes from an exceptional … Maastricht University before and during the partial cannabis prohibition. We find that the academic performance of students who … are no longer legally permitted to buy cannabis increases substantially. Grade improvements are driven by younger students …

percent reduction in the suicide rate of 30- through 39-year-old males. Estimates of the relationship between legalization and …