Marijuana legalization and disability claiming

JC Maclean, KM Ghimire, LH Nicholas - Health economics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We study the effect of recent legalization of recreational marijuana use laws (RMLs) in the
United States on new applications and allowances for Social Security Disability Insurance …

Heterogeneous health effects of medical marijuana legalization: Evidence from young adults in the United States

J Chay, S Kim - Health Economics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Legalizing marijuana for medical purposes is a longstanding debate. However, evidence of
marijuana's health effects is limited, especially for young adults. We estimate the health …

The effects of recreational marijuana laws on drug use and crime

JJ Sabia, D Dave, F Alotaibi, DI Rees - Journal of Public Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
Recreational marijuana laws (RMLs), which legalize the sale and possession of small
quantities of marijuana for recreational use, have been adopted by 24 states and the District …

The effect of medical marijuana laws on adolescent and adult use of marijuana, alcohol, and other substances

H Wen, JM Hockenberry, JR Cummings - Journal of health economics, 2015 - Elsevier
We estimate the effect of medical marijuana laws (MMLs) in ten states between 2004 and
2012 on adolescent and adult use of marijuana, alcohol, and other psychoactive …

Medical cannabis laws lower individual market health insurance premiums

AC Cook, ET Sirmans, A Stype - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Background To evaluate the impact of medical cannabis laws (MCLs) on health insurance
premiums. We study whether cannabis legalization significantly impacts aggregate health …

The effects of medical marijuana laws on illegal marijuana use

YWL Chu - Journal of health economics, 2014 - Elsevier
More and more states have passed laws that allow individuals to use marijuana for medical
purposes. There is an ongoing, heated policy debate over whether these laws have …

The highs and the lows: Recreational marijuana laws and mental health treatment

A Ortega - Health Economics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recreational marijuana laws (RMLs) continue to grow in popularity, but the effects on mental
health treatment are unclear. This paper uses an event‐study within a difference‐in …

The effect of medical marijuana laws on labor market outcomes

JJ Sabia, TT Nguyen - The Journal of Law and Economics, 2018 - journals.uchicago.edu
This study is the first to estimate the impact of state medical marijuana laws (MMLs) on labor
market outcomes. First, using data from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health, we …

Recreational cannabis legalizations associated with reductions in prescription drug utilization among Medicaid enrollees

S Raman, AC Bradford - Health Economics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The potential substitution of cannabis for prescription medication has attracted a substantial
amount of attention within the context of medical cannabis laws (MCLs). However, much less …

Does marijuana legalization affect work capacity? evidence from workers' compensation benefits

R Abouk, KM Ghimire, JC Maclean, D Powell - 2021 - nber.org
We study the effect of state recreational marijuana laws (RMLs) on workers' compensation
(WC) benefit receipt among adults 40-62 years. We find that WC receipt declines in …