Medical marijuana laws in 50 states: Investigating the relationship between state legalization of medical marijuana and marijuana use, abuse and dependence
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Medical Marijuana Laws and Illegal Marijuana Use
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have passed laws that allow individuals to use marijuana for medical purposes. In this paper, I use marijuana possession arrests and treatment referrals by medical professionals to estimate the impact of medical marijuana laws on marijuana usage among non-patients. I find that these laws increase marijuana arrests among adult males by about 20%. The...
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عنوان ژورنال: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0376-8716
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.06.011