to contain this epidemic to date. We examine whether local access to medical cannabis can reduce opioid-related mortality …. Using a unique data set of medical cannabis dispensaries combined with county-level mortality data, we estimate the effect … experience 6% to 8% fewer opioid-related deaths among non-Hispanic white men. Mortality involving heroin declines by …

, addiction, and mortality. Most legislation focuses on preventing the already addicted from accessing opioids that could …

severity of the drug crisis are limited. An emerging debate is whether geographic differences in drug mortality rates are … county-level non-Hispanic white drug mortality rates for 2000-02 and 2014-16 and several socioeconomic and opioid supply …, average non-Hispanic white drug mortality rates are highest and increased the most in large metro counties. In 2014-16, the …

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 …

The gateway hypothesis proposes that cannabis use increases the risk of starting to consume hard drugs. We test this … controversial, but influential, hypothesis on a sample of cannabis users employing a unique set of drug prices. A flexible approach … where previous cannabis use has little impact …

policies on housing demand in the Netherlands: the distance-to-school criterion, which closed some cannabis shops in a few … crime, but the zero-tolerance was also related to fewer jobs. Our findings reveal that cities benefit from having cannabis …

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 …

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 …