In his State of the State address, on January 8, 2020, New York State Governor, Andrew M. Cuomo vowed to work with the legislature to legalize the sale and use of recreational marijuana in New York. If Governor Cuomo follows through on his promise, New York will be the twelfth state to legalize...

As states continue to legalize recreational cannabis, most have continued to heavily restrict where consumption of newly licit cannabis is permitted. In 2021, New York became the first state to permit open, outdoor public consumption of cannabis. All other legalizing states either restrict...

Using data on banking transactions, we analyze how people changed their spending behaviour when recreational cannabis became legal in Canada. In the data set, we identify people with purchases in a cannabis store after the legalization. We apply a difference-in-difference approach to compare...

Preferences and attitudes to illicit drug policy held by individuals are likely to be an important influence in the development of illicit drug policy. Among the key factors impacting on an individual's preferences over substance use policy are their beliefs about the costs and benefits of drug...

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 work using a multivariate mixed proportional hazard...

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 work using a multivariate mixed proportional hazard...