the legalization of recreational marijuana caused a significant reduction of rapes and thefts on the Washington side of … evidence that the legalization increased consumption of marijuana and reduced consumption of other drugs and both ordinary and …

This paper examines the amenity value of legalized marijuana by analyzing the impact of marijuana legalization on … migration to Colorado. Colorado is the pioneering state in this area having legalized medical marijuana in 2000 and recreational … marijuana in 2012. We test whether potential migrants to Colorado view legalized marijuana as a positive or negative local …

The effect of marijuana liberalization on crime is object of a large interest by social scientists and policy … the legalization of C-light led to a reduction of 12% of confiscation of marijuana per each pre-existing grow-shop and a …

Regulated marijuana markets are more common today than outright prohibitions across the U.S. states. Advocates for … policies that would legalize marijuana recreational markets frequently argue that such laws will eliminate crime associated … with the black markets, which many argue is the only link between marijuana use and crime. Law enforcement, however, has …