cannabis) that occurred in Italy in 2017. Using unique and high-frequency data on prescription drug sales and by exploiting the … light cannabis and anxiolytics, sedatives, opioids, anti-depressants, and antipsychotics. Such medical non-adherence is …

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 … distribution), create crime in neighborhoods with these store-fronts. This study offers new insight into the question by exploiting …

fatalities, and crime. For some of these outcomes, there is a near consensus in the literature regarding the effects of medical …

crime, but the zero-tolerance was also related to fewer jobs. Our findings reveal that cities benefit from having cannabis …Can individuals' aversion to drug markets curb the benefits of decriminalization? We investigate the effect of two … policies on housing demand in the Netherlands: the distance-to-school criterion, which closed some cannabis shops in a few …

move there to purchase cannabis; (ii) enable the Lambeth police to reallocate effort towards other types of crime. We … offences by drug type, and for seven types of nondrug crime. We find that depenalization in Lambeth led to significant … effort towards non-drug crime: there are significant reductions in five types of non-drug crime, and significant improvements …

programs. Our results support Becker's (1968) model of crime participation and in addition shed light on other non …