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October 3, 2024
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Marijuana Use and Mental Health
A common critique of marijuana legalization asserts that marijuana use causes mental illness. Numerous studies document a correlation between use and conditions such as psychosis. This evidence, however, does not pin down the degree to which use causes, versus results …
By Jeffrey Miron
August 7, 2024
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To Reduce Teen Marijuana Consumption, Legalize It for Adults
marijuana Colorado and Washington were the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012. The states began allowing retailers to sell marijuana to adults in 2014. Currently, 24 states and the District of Columbia have followed their lead. In early …
By Jeffrey A. Singer
May 13, 2024
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People v. Armstrong Brief: Marijuana Odor Can’t Be Probable Cause Where It’s Legal
… is unconstitutional. Officers have financial incentives to use odor as a pretext for searches and seizures. But Michigan voters legalized marijuana in part to fight such overcriminalization. Holding that the mere odor of marijuana (which is more prevalent now as …
By Matthew Cavedon
December 22, 2023
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Prioritize Marijuana Licenses for Past Offenders? No, Just Eliminate Licenses
marijuana As states ease their marijuana prohibitions, several are prioritizing licenses for individuals “disproportionately impacted” by prior drug laws. This mostly means those with a prior drug conviction. This issue arises because states limit the number of marijuana licenses. That …
By Jeffrey Miron
December 8, 2023
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STATES Act 2.0 Would Make the Federal Government More In Sync with the States and the People on Marijuana
… based products to some degree and under some circumstances. The STATES Act respects states’ rights to prohibit, legalize, or regulate marijuana, mostly free from federal government interference. marijuana The bill also allows for a federal excise tax on marijuana to …
By Jeffrey A. Singer
November 8, 2023
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Ohioans Decisively Vote to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
marijuana Yesterday, Ohio voters approved Issue 2, which legalizes recreational marijuana, by a decisive 57 to 43 percent vote. Issue 2 allows adults aged 21 and older to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana publicly and to grow …
By Jeffrey A. Singer
August 30, 2023
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Marijuana Should Be De-Scheduled, Not Re-Scheduled
… the DEA, Assistant Secretary Levine wrote that her request was based upon the Food and Drug Administration’s review of marijuana’s classification. If the law enforcement agency reschedules marijuana as Schedule III, it will undoubtedly make it easier for …
By Jeffrey A. Singer
June 15, 2023
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Colombia Should Legalize Adult Marijuana Use Today
Any American who smoked pot in the 1970’s likely came across Colombian marijuana. In 1979, in fact, Colombia was providing “roughly two‐thirds of all the pot smoked” in the United States, according to Time Magazine. The industry certainly …
By Daniel Raisbeck
October 28, 2022
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Taxes on Recreational Marijuana
… marijuana‐specific taxes. d Auxier and Airi make an important contribution by calculating overall effective tax rates for a hypothetical marijuana purchase of an assumed quantity, potency, and price. The results are presented in their Figure 3, which includes state …
By Chris Edwards
October 6, 2022
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President Biden Makes an Encouraging Announcement on Marijuana
President Biden announced Thursday that he is pardoning anyone convicted of federal crimes for simple possession of marijuana. The vast majority of such convictions happen at the state level. Therefore, the president asked states to consider pardoning their offenders. He …
By Jeffrey A. Singer
August 23, 2022
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Taxes, Regulations, and Small Business in California’s Marijuana Industry
Californians voted in 2016 to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use. The voter initiative, Proposition 64, provided for taxes, licensing, and a county option on whether to allow marijuana businesses at all (much like the alcohol rules in my home …
By David Boaz
March 20, 2023
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Marijuana Taxes Keep Black Markets Thriving
Twenty-one states have legalized some amount of marijuana for recreational use, and sixteen more allow marijuana for medical use. Critics claim black markets remain despite legalization. This is true — because legalization has been accompanied by excessive taxation and regulation …
By Jeffrey Miron and Jacob P. Winter
December 6, 2021
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Marijuana, Taxation, and Unintended Consequences
We’ve been hearing stories for three years now about how California has botched its marijuana legalization with taxes and regulation that were causing some longtime cannabis entrepreneurs to prefer to remain illegal. Now the problem of unintended consequences — that …
By David Boaz
October 26, 2021
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New Research Fails to Show a Correlation Between Marijuana, Suicide, and Mental Illness
Some critics of marijuana legalization point to studies suggesting that regular use might increase the risk of mental illness or suicide. In 2013, research by Anderson, et al found no such relationship in states that had legalized medicinal marijuana. My …
By Jeffrey A. Singer
October 25, 2021
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Congress Should Let D.C. Enforce Its Own Marijuana Laws
… accidents are either small or unclear. So legalizing recreational marijuana sales in D.C. would probably have minor effects. But it would bolster tax revenues and increase product quality, making marijuana safer for consumers. Not to mention expanding personal freedom.
By Jeffrey Miron and Pedro Aldighieri