ArticleContemporary drug problems2019
Social and Political Factors Associated With State-Level Legalization of Cannabis in the United States.
Article in Contemporary drug problems, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Characteristics and Trends in Child Cannabis Exposures During Legalization in California.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Missouri College Students' Intentions Towards Initiating or Changing Cannabis Use in a Shifting Legal Landscape.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2025Article
- Temporal Trends in Young Adult Cannabis and Tobacco Use in States with Different Cannabis Policies.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2025Article
- Geographical Differences in Self-Reported Past 12-Month Drug Use: Results from the NDEWS Rapid Street Reporting, 2021-2023.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- "If I could try it, I'd try it": Qualitative study of the illegal vaping culture in Singapore.Addictive behaviors reports · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Availability of Survey Data About Cannabis Use.JAMA network open · 2020Article
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Abstract
Thirty-three U.S. states and the District of Columbia (DC) have legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes and 10 states and DC have legalized marijuana for adult recreational use. This mirrors an international trend toward relaxing restrictions on marijuana. This paper analyzes patterns in marijuana laws across U.S. states to shed light on the social and political forces behind the liberalization of marijuana policy following a long era of conservatism. Data on U.S. state-level demographics, economic conditions, and cultural and political characteristics are analyzed, as well as establishment of and levels of support for other drug and social policies, to determine whether there are patterns between states that have liberalized marijuana policy versus those that have not. Laws decriminalizing marijuana possession, as well as those authorizing its sale for medical and recreational use, follow the same pattern of diffusion. The analysis points to underlying patterns of demographic, cultural, economic, and political variation linked to marijuana policy liberalization in the U.S. context, which deserve further examination internationally.
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