The Spillover Effect of Recreational Marijuana Legalization on Crime: Evidence From Neighboring States of Colorado and Washington State
This originally appeared at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022042620921359 Guangzhen Wu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5767-0986 [email protected], Francis D. Boateng, and Xiaodong LangView all authors and affiliations https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042620921359 Abstract An ongoing debate exists about the implications of recreational marijuana legalization to public safety. One important public concern is how recreational marijuana legalization may affect crime in neighboring states that have not legalized. Based […]
IS RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA A GATEWAY TO HARDER DRUG USE AND CRIME?
This was originally at https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w29038/w29038.pdf Recreational marijuana laws (RMLs), which legalize the possession of small quantities of marijuana for recreational use, have been adopted by 18 states and the District of Columbia.Opponents argue that RML-induced increases in marijuana consumption will serve as a “gateway” to harder drug use and crime. Using data covering the period […]
Effects of Drug Policy Liberalization on Public Safety: A Review of the Literature
This originally appeared at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4294150 Maria M. Orsini Ohio State University (OSU) – Department of Sociology December 5, 2022 Abstract After decades of criminalization, cannabis policy has liberalized rapidly throughout the U.S. in the 21st century. Following cannabis legalization in Colorado and Washington, legalization has gained momentum in many other U.S. states. While some states […]
Marijuana Legalization and Crime Clearance Rates: Testing Proponent Assertions in Colorado and Washington State
This originally appeared at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1098611118786255 David A. Makin [email protected], Dale W. Willits, […], and Nicholas P. Lovrich+8View all authors and affiliations https://doi.org/10.1177/1098611118786255 Abstract The legalization of recreational cannabis in Washington state (I-502) and Colorado (A-64) created a natural experiment with ancillary unknowns. Of these unknowns, one of the more heavily debated is that of the […]
Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, 2018. Impacts of Marijuana Legalization in Colorado
This originally appeared at https://cdpsdocs.state.co.us/ors/docs/reports/2021-SB13-283_Rpt.pdf Impact on Youth According to the most recent report, the proportion of Colorado high school students reporting using cannabis ever in their lifetime remained statistically stagnant from 36.9% in 2013 to 35.9% in 2019. In addition, Colorado’s 2019 rate of 35.9% was slightly lower than the national rate of 36.8% […]
Canada’s cannabis legalization and police-reported cannabis-related criminal incidents among youth, 2015–2021
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376871623001308 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109892Get rights and content Abstract Background We previously reported that the 2018 Canadian Cannabis Act, allowing youth to possess up to 5 g dried cannabis or equivalent for personal use/sharing, was associated with short-term (76 days) post-legalization reduction in police-reported cannabis-related crimes among youth. To establish whether the change might be sustained, we now estimate […]
Decriminalization of marijuana opens doors for some scientists
A growing interest in cannabis has led to new career opportunities This originally appeared at https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-022-01761-5/index.html Here’s an odd job in science: on a regular basis, Natasha Mason, a psychopharmacology postdoctoral researcher at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, offers cannabis to her study participants. They get the drug for free — but there’s a catch. […]
The effect of marijuana legalization on neighborhood crime
This originally appeared at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016604621830293X# Abstract This paper studies the effects of marijuana legalization on neighborhood crime and documents the patterns in retail dispensary locations over time using detailed micro-level data from Denver, Colorado. To account for endogenous retail dispensary locations, we use a novel identification strategy that exploits exogenous changes in demand across different […]
Cannabis and pregnancy: Maternal child health implications during a period of drug policy liberalization
This originally appeared at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0091743517301755 Abstract Cannabis use is common and increasing among women in the United States. State policies are changing with a movement towards decriminalization and legalization. We explore the implications of cannabis liberalization for maternal and child health. Most women who use cannabis quit or cut back during pregnancy. Although women are […]
Maternal Marijuana Use and Adverse Neonatal Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
This originally appeared at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27607879/ Shayna N Conner 1 , Victoria Bedell, Kim Lipsey, George A Macones, Alison G Cahill, Methodius G Tuuli PMID: 27607879 DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001649 OBJECTIVE: To estimate whether marijuana use in pregnancy increases risks for adverse neonatal outcomes and clarify if any increased risk is attributable to marijuana use itself or to confounding factors such as tobacco […]
