Conflict of Interest Provisions in State Laws Governing Medical and Adult Use Cannabis

Does liberalizing cannabis laws increase cannabis use?

A key question in the ongoing policy debate over cannabis' legal status is whether liberalizing cannabis laws leads to an increase in cannabis use. This paper provides new evidence on the impact of a specific type of liberalization, decriminalization, on initiation into cannabis use. Our identification strategy exploits variation in the timing of cannabis policy reforms and our estimation frame...

War-Risk Contribution Provisions in State Unemployment Compensation Laws

P R O V I S I O N S FOR " w a r r i s k c o n t r i b u t i o n s " from employers whose pay rolls have expanded d u r i n g the w a r were incorporated i n the unemployment compensation laws of ten S t a t e s i n 1 9 4 3 ( A l a b a m a , F l o r i d a , I l l inois , I o w a , M a r y l a n d , Minnesota , Missouri , Ohio , O k l a h o m a , a n d W i s c o n s i n ) . T h e s e w a r r i s ...

Conflict of interest in medical journals.

Conflict of interest (COI) affects every aspect of medicine, including clinical care, teaching, and research. According to one definition, “A conflict of interest exists when professional judgment concerning a primary interest (such as patients' welfare or the validity of research) may be influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain). Perceptions of conflict of interest are as imp...

Cannabis use in multiple sclerosis: excited interest.

Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice

Concerns about the potentially corrupting influence of private industry on medical research, education, and practice have been growing since the 1970s, when the U.S. Congress passed the first anti-kickback law applying to medicine. Since then, Congress has banned self-referrals in medicine, enacted laws that regulate the commercialization of publicly funded biomedical research, and held hearing...