whether marijuana should be legalized. There are two important avenues through which legalization could impact use …: legalization would make marijuana easier to get, and it would remove the stigma (and cost) associated with illegal behavior … preferences. However, this distinction is particularly important in the market for cannabis as legalizing the drug would impact …

Der vorliegende Beitrag fasst die Argumente für eine Legalisierung von Cannabis zusammen und macht Vorschläge zur …This article summarises the arguments in favour of legalising cannabis and makes proposals for the design of the … regulatory framework. The main argument for a regulated cannabis market is not the expected tax revenues or the legal jobs that …

Empirical studies have found that cannabis commonly precedes consumption of drugs like amphetamine, ecstasy, cocaine … and heroin. As a result a causal linkage between cannabis and subsequent hard drug use has been hypothesized. Despite … importance of previous cannabis use, proneness and accessibility factors on hard drug initiation and to explore potential policy …

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 …

and legalization. While introducing a legal market reduces the profits of illegal providers, it increases cannabis … proposed policy mix can control the increase in cannabis consumption post-legalization and throttle the illegal market. The …We model consumer choices for cannabis in a risky environment and determine the supply of cannabis under prohibition …

Die Bundesregierung hat einen Gesetzentwurf zur Legalisierung des "kontrollierten Umgangs mit Cannabis" vorgelegt. Das …The federal government has presented a draft law to legalise the controlled use of cannabis, known as the Cannabis Act … (CanG). What does this law regulate and how is it expected to affect cannabis use? Is there empirical evidence to support …

Dieser Artikel dokumentiert ein Interview zur Drogenpolitik. Erläutert werden die innen- und außenpolitischen Folgen …