Thirty-six states have legalized medical marijuana and 14 states have legalized the use of marijuana for recreational … purposes. In this paper, we review the literature on the public health consequences of legalizing marijuana, focusing on … the outcomes considered are: youth marijuana use, alcohol consumption, the abuse of prescription opioids, traffic …

drug wars. Specifically, it challenges the David vs. Goliath conception of Colombia as a passive, client state simply … Colombia's displacement of state building dilemmas, including drug control, and that Bogota utilised the UN as a proxy …

We study the effect of state recreational marijuana laws (RMLs) on workers' compensation (WC) benefit receipt among …

My contribution to this special issue will describe the phenomenon of Colorado's medical marijuana industry and … speculate about what Colorado can tell us about the future of marijuana regulation in the United States. I have had an … drug policy in the United States, the appropriate federal-state balance in this area, and the relationship between criminal …

Despite nearly 70 percent of the American public supporting legalization of recreational marijuana, opponents argue … that increased marijuana use may diminish motivation, impede cognitive function, and harm health, each of which could … adversely affect adults' economic wellbeing. This study is the first to explore the impacts of recreational marijuana laws (RMLs …

Recent studies have concluded that state laws legalizing medical marijuana can reduce deaths from opioid overdoses …. Using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, a survey uniquely suited to assessing drug misuse, we examine … the relationship between recreational marijuana laws (RMLs) and the use of opioids. Standard difference-in-differences (DD …