Medical Marijuana and Crime: Further Evidence From the Western States

• Published in: Journal of drug issues Vol. 46; no. 2; p. 122
• Main Authors: Shepard, Edward M, Blackley, Paul R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Costs; Crime; Criminal statistics; Drug legalization; Drug use; Economic models; Estimates; Fines & penalties; Illegal drug operations; Imprisonment; Law; Law enforcement; Legislatures; Marijuana; Medical marijuana; Medicine; Mortality; Patients; Property; Public officials; Public policy; Public sector; Reforms; Society; Standard deviation; Studies; Substance abuse treatment; New York; Montana; United States > US; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; New Jersey

State medical marijuana programs have proliferated in the United States in recent years. Marijuana sales are now estimated in billions of dollars per year with over two million patients, yet it remains unlawful under Federal law, and there is limited and conflicting evidence about potential effects...