{"id":12430,"date":"2024-08-29T20:58:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T20:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=12430"},"modified":"2024-08-29T21:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T21:04:42","slug":"policy-brief-legal-cannabis-impact-on-physical-and-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=12430","title":{"rendered":"Policy brief: Legal cannabis\u2019 impact on physical and mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/policy-brief-legal-cannabis-impact-on-physical-and-mental-health\/<\/a><\/p>\n

What Wisconsinites should know<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Editor\u2019s note:<\/em><\/p>\n

Marijuana affects its users mentally and physically \u2014 that much has long been known. As more states legalize its use, research is making clearer exactly what those effects are.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This matters because cannabis use by adults rises after legalization. So a look at the health effects indicates what the consequences of legalization could entail for the state as a whole.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some might be positive: The idea that cannabis has health benefits has spurred legalization of medical marijuana in other states, and there is some research suggesting upsides.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There is also research, a great amount of it, showing harmful consequences. We review the principal findings here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Badger Institute is not arguing for or against legalization either in this paper or in any of the other policy briefs we\u2019ve compiled on the topic. Our aim is simply to present research in states that have legalized\u00a0 in the belief that, whatever decision Wisconsinites make in the years ahead, the outcomes will be better if the decision is informed by facts.<\/p>\n

This part of the series follows previous installments:<\/p>\n