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Auteur R. L. PACULA |
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B. KILMER ; J. P. CAULKINS ; R. L. PACULA ; R. J. MACCOUN ; P. H. REUTER | Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation | Occasional Papers | 2010To 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[...]![]()
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P. H. REUTER ; F. TRAUTMANN ; R. L. PACULA ; B. KILMER ; GAGELDONK A. ; D. VAN DER GOUWE | Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation | Technical Reports | 2009This 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[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
R. L. PACULA ; D. POWELL ; P. HEATON ; E. L. SEVIGNY |This 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[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
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 |ENGLISH: 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[...]![]()
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B. KILMER ; J. P. CAULKINS ; G. MIDGETTE ; L. DAHLKEMPER ; R. J. MACCOUN ; R. L. PACULA | Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation | Research Reports | 2013In 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[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
Having 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[...]![]()
Bulletin : Périodique
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![]()
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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[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
ENGLISH : 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[...]![]()
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J. P. CAULKINS ; B. KILMER ; M. A. R. KLEIMAN ; R. J. MACCOUN ; G. MIDGETTE ; P. OGLESBY ; R. L. PACULA ; P. REUTER | Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation | Research Reports | 2015Marijuana 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[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
Aims 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[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
Until 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 [...]![]()
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D. POWELL ; R. L. PACULA ; M. JACOBSON | Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation | Working Papers | 2015If 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[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
Recent 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[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
Following 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[...]