The Effect of Marijuana Decriminalization on Hospital Emergency Room Drug Episodes: 1975–1978
作者:
KarynE. Model,
期刊:
Journal of the American Statistical Association
(Taylor Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 88,
issue 423
页码: 737-747
ISSN:0162-1459
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1080/01621459.1993.10476334
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Drug Abuse Warning Network;Drug policy;Marijuana decriminalization;Substitution
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Between 1973 and 1978, 12 states with collectively over one-third of the total U.S. population enacted laws that decriminalized the possession of marijuana. This article uses standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) level data on hospital emergency room drug episodes collected by the Drug Abuse Warning Network to measure the effect of changes in drug penalties on substance abuse crises. The regression models demonstrate that marijuana decriminalization was accompanied by a significant reduction in episodes involving drugs other than marijuana and an increase in marijuana episodes. Although possible biases in the data preclude firm conclusions, the results suggest that some substitution occurs towards the less severely penalized drug when punishments are differentiated.
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