Three Essays in Empirical Microeconomics Dissertation Abstract
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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 to estimate the impact of medical marijuana laws on marijuana usage among non-patients over the period 1988–2008. I find that these laws increase marijuana arrests among adult males by about 20 percent. The effect is strongest among young adults and decreases with age. Tests on racial composition and arrests for other drugs do not suggest changes in law enforcement. These results are further validated by findings from data on treatment referrals by medical professionals: marijuana treatment referrals increase by more than 10 percent after the passage of medical marijuana laws. In contrast to previous studies, my analysis also shows some evidence that these laws affect juveniles’ marijuana use.
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Essays in Empirical Microeconomics on Economic Development
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