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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …