
Auteur R. L. PACULA
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Documents disponibles écrits par cet auteur (44)

To learn more about the possible outcomes of marijuana legalization in California, RAND researchers constructed a model based on a series of estimates of current consumption, current and future prices, how responsive use is to price changes, tax[...]
P. H. REUTER ; F. TRAUTMANN ; R. L. PACULA ; B. KILMER ; GAGELDONK A. ; D. VAN DER GOUWE | 2009
RapportThis report provides key findings of the RAND Europe study which assesses how the global market for illicit drugs has developed from 1998 to 2007 and describes worldwide drug policies implemented during that period to address the problem. The st[...]
R. L. PACULA ; D. POWELL ; P. HEATON ; E. L. SEVIGNY | 2015
Dans Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (Vol.34, n°1, Winter 2015) Article : PériodiqueThis paper sheds light on previous inconsistencies identified in the literature regarding the relationship between medical marijuana laws (MMLs) and recreational marijuana use by closely examining the importance of policy dimensions (registratio[...]
M. CERDA ; M. WALL ; T. FENG ; K. M. KEYES ; A. SARVET ; J. SCHULENBERG ; P. M. O'MALLEY ; R. L. PACULA ; S. GALEA ; D. S. HASIN | 2017
Dans JAMA Pediatrics (Vol.171, n°2, February 2017) Article : PériodiqueENGLISH: Importance: Historical shifts are occurring in marijuana policy. The effect of legalizing marijuana for recreational use on rates of adolescent marijuana use is a topic of considerable debate. Objective: To examine the association bet[...]
B. KILMER ; J. P. CAULKINS ; G. MIDGETTE ; L. DAHLKEMPER ; R. J. MACCOUN ; R. L. PACULA | 2013
RapportIn 2012, Washington state voters passed Initiative 502 (I-502), which removed the prohibition on the production, distribution, and possession of marijuana for nonmedical purposes and required the state to regulate and tax a new marijuana industr[...]
B. KILMER ; J. P. CAULKINS ; R. L. PACULA ; P. H. REUTER | 2011
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.119, n°1-2, December 2011) Article : PériodiqueHaving a sense of the scale of an illicit drug market is important for projecting consequences of alternative policy regimes. In this article, we review two general approaches to drug market estimation - supply-side and demand-side - before turn[...]![]()
International Journal of Drug Policy, Vol.42 - April 2017 - Cannabis policy in the Americas
A. STEVENS, Éditeur scientifique ; R. L. PACULA, Éditeur scientifique ; ISSDP | 2017
Bulletin : Périodique
ENGLISH : The use of cannabis in the late twentieth and this century is an area of medical and moral controversy. Despite its illegality, cannabis is the most widely used drug after alcohol and tobacco among young adults in the USA, Europe and[...]
J. WILLIAMS ; R. L. PACULA ; F. J. CHALOUPKA ; H. WECHSLER | 2006
Dans Substance Use and Misuse (Vol.41 n°4, 2006) Article : PériodiqueENGLISH : After experiencing a period of rapid decline between 1986 and 1994, cocaine use is once again on the rise in the United States. The increased prevalence of use among college students is particularly troubling because of its potential[...]
J. P. CAULKINS ; B. KILMER ; M. A. R. KLEIMAN ; R. J. MACCOUN ; G. MIDGETTE ; P. OGLESBY ; R. L. PACULA ; P. REUTER | 2015
RapportMarijuana legalization is a controversial and multifaceted issue that is now the subject of serious debate. Since 2012, four U.S. states have passed ballot initiatives to remove prohibition and legalize a for-profit commercial marijuana industry[...]
J. P. CAULKINS ; B. KILMER ; R. J. MACCOUN ; R. L. PACULA ; P. REUTER | 2012
Dans Addiction (Vol.107, n°5, May 2012) Article : PériodiqueAims No modern jurisdiction has ever legalized commercial production, distribution and possession of cannabis for recreational purposes. This paper presents insights about the effect of legalization on production costs and consumption and highli[...]
R. L. PACULA ; B. KILMER ; A. C. WAGENAAR ; F. J. CHALOUPKA ; J. P. CAULKINS | 2014
Dans American Journal of Public Health (Vol.104, n°6, June 2014) Article : PériodiqueUntil November 2012, no modern jurisdiction had removed the prohibition on the commercial production, distribution, and sale of marijuana for nonmedical purposes - not even the Netherlands. Government agencies in Colorado and Washington are now [...]
If medical marijuana laws facilitate the substitution of marijuana for powerful and addictive pain relievers, a potential overlooked positive impact of these laws may be a reduction in the harms associated with opioid pain relievers. We study th[...]
D. POWELL ; R. L. PACULA ; M. JACOBSON | 2018
Dans Journal of Health Economics (Vol.58, March 2018) Article : PériodiqueRecent work finds that medical marijuana laws reduce the daily doses filled for opioid analgesics among Medicare Part-D and Medicaid enrollees, as well as population-wide opioid overdose deaths. We replicate the result for opioid overdose deaths[...]
P. HUNT ; R. L. PACULA | 2017
Dans Journal of Primary Prevention (Vol.38, n°3, June 2017) Article : PériodiqueFollowing the legalization and regulation of marijuana for recreational purposes in states with medical markets, policymakers and researchers seek empirical evidence on how, and how fast, supply and demand changed over time. Prices are an indica[...]