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Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have passed medical marijuana laws. Previous research shows that these laws increase marijuana use among adults. In this paper, we estimate the effects of medical marijuana laws (MML) on secondary and post-secondary students' time use using time...
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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 their spending before and after legalization. People with cannabis …
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We model consumer choices for cannabis in a risky environment and determine the supply of cannabis under prohibition … and legalization. While introducing a legal market reduces the profits of illegal providers, it increases cannabis … proposed policy mix can control the increase in cannabis consumption post-legalization and throttle the illegal market. The …
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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 …
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increases than others. Legalizing medical cannabis could reduce opioid-related mortality if potential opioid users substitute … towards cannabis as a safer alternative. I show, however, that a substantial reduction in opioid-related mortality associated … with the implementation of medical cannabis laws can be explained by selection bias. States that legalized medical cannabis …
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During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shanghai implemented lockdown measures to stop transmission of the virus. Over 26 million residents, including 0.8 million children aged 3-6, were confined at home. This study leveraged a city-wide cohort of preschool children - the Shanghai...
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During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shanghai implemented lockdown measures to stop transmission of the virus. Over 26 million residents, including 0.8 million children aged 3-6, were confined at home. This study leveraged a city-wide cohort of preschool children - the Shanghai...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014567537
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shanghai implemented lockdown measures to stop transmission of the virus. Over 26 million residents, including 0.8 million children aged 3-6, were confined at home. This study leveraged a city-wide cohort of preschool children - the Shanghai...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014555840
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shanghai implemented lockdown measures to stop transmission of the virus. Over 26 million residents, including 0.8 million children aged 3-6, were confined at home. This study leveraged a city-wide cohort of preschool children - the Shanghai...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014529072
of cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth. Such a policy can: (i) impact the demand for cannabis in Lambeth as users … move there to purchase cannabis; (ii) enable the Lambeth police to reallocate effort towards other types of crime. We … increases in cannabis possession offences that persisted well after the policy experiment ended. We find evidence that the …
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