remained substantially unexplored. This paper exploits the unintended liberalization of cannabis light (C-light, i.e. with low … significant reduction of other canapa-derived drugs (plants of cannabis and hashish). Back-to-envelope calculations suggest that … Liberalisierung des Cannabis Light (C-light, d.h. mit niedrigem THC-Gehalt) in Italien im Dezember 2016 mittels einer Gesetzeslücke …

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 …

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 …

We model consumer choices for cannabis in a risky environment and determine the supply of cannabis under prohibition … 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 …

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 …