ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2026
Estimating Price Elasticity of Cannabis Use Among U.S. Adolescents: Evidence From States With Recreational Cannabis Commercialization.
Article in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- How tax structures for retail cannabis shape cannabis use among youth and young adults: evidence from a volumetric choice experiment.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026Article
- Standardizing Recreational Cannabis Excise Tax Rates in the United States: New Retail Price-Based Measurements by Product Category.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
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purposeThe commercialization of recreational cannabis has led to increased concern over adolescent cannabis use in the U.S. Given that price-based regulations have the potential to reduce cannabis consumption and mitigate the adverse effects associated with cannabis use, this study aims to assess the price elasticity of cannabis use among U.S. adolescents.
methodsData were drawn from the repeated cross-sectional Monitoring the Future Survey conducted between 2015 and 2022. A total of 40,277 adolescents from 10 states that had commercialized recreational cannabis at the time of survey were included in the analysis. Two cannabis use outcomes were assessed, including current cannabis use and frequent cannabis use. Logistic regressions were performed to estimate the associations of these outcomes with legal cannabis prices and cannabis taxes. To address potential endogeneity in prices, we applied the generalized method of moments estimator, using cannabis tax as an instrumental variable.
resultsAn increase in cannabis prices was associated with a lower likelihood of current cannabis use, with estimated price elasticity ranging from -0.33 to -0.21 (p values for most model specifications smaller than 0.05). Neither the association between cannabis prices and frequent cannabis use, nor the associations between cannabis taxes and current use or frequent use, were statistically significant. DISCUSSION: This study found a significant, though inconsistent, negative association between legal cannabis prices and current cannabis use among adolescents. The estimated price elasticity ranged from -0.33 to -0.21. Further research utilizing long-term data is recommended.
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