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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[...]Rapport
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[...]Rapport
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 | 2017Livre
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[...]Rapport
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 [...]Rapport
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[...]Périodique
D. KENKEL ; A. D. MATHIOS ; R. L. PACULA | 2001FRANÇAIS : Cet article fait la synthèse d'une approche économique de modélisation de l'usage de drogues, de la dépendance et des effets de porte ouverte des différents usages, afin d'en identifier les liens de causalités. Il fait la démonstrat[...]Rapport
A central question in the debate regarding the legalization of marijuana in California is whether consumption would rise and by how much. This report reviews the economics literature which provides insights regarding how consumption might change[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: Marijuana contains multiple cannabinoids. Most attention is given to delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which produces euphoria and in some cases anxiety and panic reactions. Research suggests that another cannabinoid, cannabidiol (C[...]Article : Périodique
Aims: To describe patterns of cannabis use, the degree of overlap between medicinal and recreational users, and their differential use patterns, modes of consumption and sources of cannabis. Design: An ongoing probability-based internet panel m[...]Congrès
F. J. CHALOUPKA ; R. L. PACULA ; 3rd Biennial Pacific Rim Allied Economic Organizations Conference (Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse II session; January 14, 1997; Bangkok, Thailand) | 1997Background: Cigarette smoking among youth has risen sharply during the 1990s. About 3,000 youths begin smoking each day and are becoming regular smokers earlier in adolescence. To counter this trend, policymakers have sought limits on youth acce[...]Périodique
J. WILLIAMS ; R. L. PACULA ; F. J. CHALOUPKA ; H. WECHSLER | 2006ENGLISH : Although the etiology of drug abuse is largely an area of concern for epidemiologists, to date no one has evaluated the impact of prices and other aspects of the full cost on the escalation of drug use, from initiation to regular use[...]Article : Périodique
S. B. KLIEGER ; A. GUTMAN ; L. ALLEN ; R. L. PACULA ; J. K. IBRAHIM ; S. BURRIS |Aims: (1) To describe open source legal data sets, created for research use, that capture the key provisions of US state medical marijuana laws. The data document how state lawmakers have regulated a medicine that remains, under federal law, a S[...]Article : Périodique
Background: Obtaining or purchasing marijuana in the U.S. can be done only in certain states via a lawful market for medical or non-medical (recreational) purposes, or via an unlawful market ("black market") by home cultivation and unlicensed ve[...]Article : Périodique
California legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes nearly 17 years ago, representing a major challenge to the federal government’s scheduling of marijuana as a Schedule I drug in the 1970 Controlled Substance Act. As many predicted[...]Périodique
J. P. CAULKINS ; R. L. PACULA | 2006FRANÇAIS : La vente au détail de cannabis dans la population générale est peu documentée alors qu'un grande partie de la population y participe. Cet article offre une description du marché du cannabis et des habitudes d'achat telles que rapport[...]Article : Périodique
In this study, we reconsider the relationship between heavy and persistent marijuana use and high school dropout status Using a unique prospective panel study of over 4500 7th grade students from South Dakota who are followed through high school[...]Article : Périodique
State-level marijuana liberalization policies have been evolving for the past five decades, and yet the overall scientific evidence of the impact of these policies is widely believed to be inconclusive. In this review we summarize some of the ke[...]Article : Périodique
A. L. SARVET ; M. M. WALL ; D. S. FINK ; E. GREENE ; A. LE ; A. E. BOUSTEAD ; R. L. PACULA ; K. M. KEYES ; M. CERDA ; S. GALEA ; D. S. HASIN |AIMS: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies in order to estimate the effect of US medical marijuana laws (MMLs) on past-month marijuana use prevalence among adolescents. METHODS: A total of 2999 papers from 17 literature [...]Rapport
J. P. CAULKINS ; B. KILMER ; M. A. R. KLEIMAN ; R. J. MACCOUN ; G. MIDGETTE ; P. OGLESBY ; R. L. PACULA ; P. H. REUTER | Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation | Perspectives | 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[...]Bulletin : Périodique
NBER Working Papers, n°14980 - May 2009 - A search-theoretic model of the retail market for illicit drugs
M. GALENIANOS ; R. L. PACULA ; N. PERSICO | 2009A search-theoretic model of the retail market for illegal drugs is developed. Trade occurs in bilateral, potentially long-lived matches between sellers and buyers. Buyers incur search costs when experimenting with a new seller. Moral hazard is p[...]Article : Périodique
A search-theoretic model of the retail market for illegal drugs is developed. Trade occurs in bilateral, potentially long-lived matches between sellers and buyers. Buyers incur search costs when experimenting with a new seller. Moral hazard is p[...]Article : Périodique
In this paper, I conduct a review of the economics literature examining the relationship between alcohol use and the macro economy comparing methods, measures and findings. Like illicit drug consumption, the relationship between alcohol use and [...]Rapport
Overdose deaths from prescription opioid pain relievers nearly quadrupled between 1999 and 2010, making this the worst drug overdose epidemic in U.S. history. In response, numerous supply-side interventions have aimed to limit access to opioids.[...]Rapport
NICOSIA N. ; R. L. PACULA ; B. KILMER ; R. LUNDBERG ; J. CHIESA | Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation | Monograph series | 2009This first national estimate suggests that the economic cost of methamphetamine (meth) use in the United States reached $23.4 billion in 2005. Given the uncertainty in estimating the costs of meth use, this book provides a lower-bound estimate o[...]Périodique
R. L. PACULA ; F. J. CHALOUPKA | 2001ENGLISH : Drug addictions are often viewed as compulsive behaviors, not sensitive to the typical rules of self-discipline or market forces. Nonetheless, many governments try to discourage consumption of addictive substances through macro polic[...]Article : Périodique
Background: Marijuana potency has risen dramatically over the past two decades. In the United States, it is unclear whether state medical marijuana policies have contributed to this increase. Methods: Employing a differences-in-differences mode[...]Article : Périodique
V. LORENZETTI ; C. HINDOCHA ; K. PETRILLI ; P. GRIFFITHS ; J. BROWN ; A. CASTILLO-CARNIGLIA ; J. P. CAULKINS ; A. ENGLUND ; M. A. ElSOHLY ; S. H. GAGE ; T. GROSHKOVA ; A. GUAL ; D. HAMMOND ; W. LAWN ; H. LOPEZ-PELAYO ; J. MANTHEY ; C. MOKRYSZ ; R. L. PACULA ; M. VAN LAAR ; R. VANDREY ; E. WADSWORTH ; A. WINSTOCK ; W. HALL ; H. V. CURRAN ; T. P. FREEMAN |BACKGROUND: The lack of an agreed international minimum approach to measuring cannabis use hinders the integration of multidisciplinary evidence on the psychosocial, neurocognitive, clinical and public health consequences of cannabis use. METH[...]Article : Périodique
This paper reports estimates of the price elasticity of demand for heroin based on a newly constructed dataset. The dataset has two matched components concerning the same sample of regular heroin users: longitudinal information about real-world [...]Rapport
B. KILMER ; J. P. CAULKINS ; R. L. PACULA ; P. H. REUTER | Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation | Occasional Papers | 2012Discussions about reducing the harms associated with drug use and antidrug policies are often politicized, infused with questionable data, and unproductive. This paper provides a nonpartisan primer that should be of interest to those who are new[...]Article : Périodique
Background and aims: Prohibitions on producing, distributing and selling cannabis are loosening in various jurisdictions around the world. This paper describes the diversification of cannabis supply laws and discusses the challenges to and oppor[...]NouveautéRapport
B. KILMER ; S. S. EVERINGHAM ; J. P. CAULKINS ; G. MIDGETTE ; R. L. PACULA ; P. H. REUTER ; R. M. BURNS ; B. HAN ; R. LUNDBERG | Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation | Research Reports | 2014In January 2012, the U.S. White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) asked RAND to generate national estimates of the total number of users, total expenditures, and total consumption for four illicit drugs from 2000 to 2010: coca[...]Chapitre
R. L. PACULA ; R. J. MACCOUN ; P. REUTER ; J. CHRIQUI ; B. KILMER ; K. HARRIS ; L. PAOLI ; C. SCHAFER | Bingley [UK] : Emerald Group | Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research | 2005Although frequently discussed as a singular policy, there is tremendous variation in the laws and regulations surrounding so-called decriminalization policies adopted by Werstern countries, with many jurisdictions adopting depenalization policie[...]Périodique
J. P. CAULKINS ; R. L. PACULA ; S. PADDOCK ; J. CHIESA | 2004ENGLISH : School-based drug prevention is a central component of drug control strategies. This paper assesses quantitatively its contributions in the United States from a social policy perspective. The social benefits per participant stemming [...]