Cannabis and crime
Browse the latest research linking medical marijuana / medicinal cannabis and crime.
Effects of cannabis legalization on crime rates
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crime
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Crime and the legalization of recreational marijuana |
Feb 2018 |
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Combining county-level difference-in-differences and spatial regression discontinuity designs, we find that the policy caused a significant reduction in rapes and property crimes on the Washington side of the border in 2013-2014 relative to the Oregon side and relative to the pre-legalization years 2010-2012. The legalization also increased consumption of marijuana and reduced consumption of other drugs and both ordinary and binge alcohol.
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| cannabis |
crime
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Joint culpability: The effects of medical marijuana laws on crime |
Jul 2016 |
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Both the regression analysis and the synthetic control method suggest no causal effects of medical marijuana laws on violent or property crime at the national level. We also find no strong effects within individual states, except for in California where the medical marijuana law reduced both violent and property crime by 20%.
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