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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Marijuana Legalization"”.
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The Case for Mary Jane: A Study of Student Perceptions on Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana legalization is continuously up for debate in the legislature and throughout the United States, many states have legalized a variety of marijuana uses and decriminalized minor marijuana offenses. While many studies have been conducted on individuals’ opinions and perceptions on marijuana …
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Towards Health Centered Drug Policy: An Analysis of Past and Developing Drug Policy
… narrative in the United States views marijuana as a “gateway drug” that introduces users to harder substances, which then have adverse effects on their health and livelihood. As a result, many argue that policies which decriminalize marijuana are exacerbating the problem of drug …
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Up in Smoke: Two Theoretical Perspectives on the Future of Marijuana Law in the United States
The ambiguity of marijuana law in the United States is creating a true state of social anomie for U.S. citizens. Using survey data from the General Social Survey from the University of California, Berkeley, binary logistical regression is employed to find which of the independent variables …
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Up in Smoke: Two Theoretical Perspectives on the Future of Marijuana Law in the United States
The ambiguity of marijuana law in the United States is creating a true state of social anomie for U.S. citizens. Using survey data from the General Social Survey from the University of California, Berkeley, binary logistical regression is employed to find which of the independent variables …
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Three Essays on the Economics of Education
… education. The first and third chapters examine marijuana legalization and its effects on students, while the second chapter examines the impact of pension incentives on teacher quality.The first chapter examines the extent to which there are negative spillovers of recreational marijuana …
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Faculty and staff attitudes toward marijuana use and policy: perceptions of dangerousness and legalization
Studies have indicated that attitudes toward marijuana use and policy have become less punitive throughout recent years, and the support for marijuana legalization has increased significantly (Green, Doherty, & Ensminger, 2017; Resko et al., 2019). As attitudinal research has been found to affect …
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What's Race Got To Do With It? A Cannabis Industry Policy Analysis Using Critical Race Theory
… have fully legalized recreational and medical marijuana. This shift has prompted agencies like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to argue that marijuana legalization is a racial justice issue since racialized communities have suffered the most from marijuana prohibition. Using Critical …
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Attitudes before and after the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana among Undergraduate Students in Nevada
Increased legalization of recreational marijuana across the U.S. is a relevant phenomenoninfluencing society. Emerging adults are greatly affected by retail marijuana, and theirperceptions, as well as use behavior, are likely to change with legalization. In Nevada,medical marijuana has been legal …
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ESSAYS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS
… chapter, I investigate the effect of recent legalization of recreational marijuana use (RMLs) on household spending on food and alcohol over the period 2005 to 2018. Utilizing expenditure as a proxy for consumption, I combine data from the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey coupled with …
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The hidden triad of cannabis influence
… the short-term outcomes of non-medical cannabis legalization, including but not limited to input from young adults and qualitative research findings • develop a robust health literacy approach to promote public health objectives related to non- medical and medical cannabis use by young adults • …
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Mental Health Correlates Among Pregnant Women Who Use Cannabis in the United States
… With the increase of state level marijuana legalization and corresponding decrease in perception of harm, marijuana use in pregnant women is rising. Between 2002 and 2017, the adjusted prevalence of self-reported past month cannabis use among pregnant women doubled from 3.4% to …