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P O L I C Y B R I

1 Feb 2024

They utilized sales data in the state of reached by the National Academy of Sciences in the prior Washington for all products from 2013 to 2016 to determine century that “[t]here is no conclusive evidence that the drug whether there was a relationship between the three products effects of marijuana are causally linked to the subsequent and the impact of cannabis sales beginning in 2014. [...] The experience of other states so far shows only that opioid use and alcohol Similar to adult use laws, the impact of medical cannabis consumption will be reduced in states that adopt policies legalization on the use of other illicit drugs is unclear and allowing the adult use of cannabis. [...] 185 (2019) (finding that adult use legalization in Colorado resulted in no change in the use of alcohol among high school students); Blevins, supra note 2 (finding no increase or decrease in the use of alcohol after adult use cannabis legalization in Washington). [...] Vigil, et al., Associations between medical cannabis and prescription opioid use in chronic pain patients: A preliminary cohort study, 12 PLOS One 1 (2017) (finding that medical cannabis use was associated with a higher likelihood of ceasing opioid prescription use and reduced daily dosage among a cohort of 66 patients); But see Di Lang, et al., Medical and non-medical cannabis use and risk of pre. [...] Drug Pol’y 82 (2016) (finding that adoption of medical cannabis laws in the first 16 states was associated with increased use of cannabis among 12-17 year olds); (finding that adoption of medical cannabis laws in the first 16 states was not associated with increased use of other drugs); Julio Garin, et al., The Effect of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries on Opioid and Heroin Over- dose Mortality, SSRN.

Authors

Pat McIlheran

Pages
14
Published in
United States of America

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