{"id":7094,"date":"2023-11-14T18:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T19:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=7094"},"modified":"2023-11-14T20:00:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T20:00:27","slug":"policy-brief-marijuana-legalization-and-the-impact-on-public-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=7094","title":{"rendered":"Policy Brief: Marijuana legalization and the impact on public safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/marijuana-legalization-and-the-impact-on-public-safety\/\">https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/marijuana-legalization-and-the-impact-on-public-safety\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>A look at the tradeoffs in crime and crashes<\/em><\/h4>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Badger-Institute-marijuana-legalization-and-the-impact-on-crime-231113.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"815\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Marijuana-legalization-and-the-impact-on-public-safety.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49217\" style=\"width:204px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In an effort to help Wisconsinites better understand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/lets-talk-real-facts-about-pot-in-wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the facts about marijuana<\/a>, we offer here a look at the evidence about public safety in states that have legalized the drug.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We aren\u2019t weighing in on whether Wisconsin should keep cannabis illegal, allow \u201cmedical use,\u201d or legalize adult recreational use, though we may do that at some future point. Rather, we are in this policy brief from legal scholar Jeremiah Mosteller simply looking at the tradeoffs that have become clear from the experience of other states.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What we found:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On property crime and violent crime, the weight of research shows that for both medical and adult use, legalization has either no impact or a beneficial impact on rates.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Early research suggests that full legalization will help reduce the size of the illicit market in cannabis, but those findings aren\u2019t conclusive.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Legalizing cannabis for adult recreational use, or simply decriminalizing it, will likely result in increased traffic crashes and deaths, but that doesn\u2019t seem to happen in places that allow only medical use.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Badger Institute will publish additional policy briefs on the impact of marijuana legalization or decriminalization in the coming weeks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Badger-Institute-marijuana-legalization-and-the-impact-on-crime-231113.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the policy brief<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>var gform;gform||(document.addEventListener(&#8220;gform_main_scripts_loaded&#8221;,function(){gform.scriptsLoaded=!0}),window.addEventListener(&#8220;DOMContentLoaded&#8221;,function(){gform.domLoaded=!0}),gform={domLoaded:!1,scriptsLoaded:!1,initializeOnLoaded:function(o){gform.domLoaded&amp;&amp;gform.scriptsLoaded?o():!gform.domLoaded&amp;&amp;gform.scriptsLoaded?window.addEventListener(&#8220;DOMContentLoaded&#8221;,o):document.addEventListener(&#8220;gform_main_scripts_loaded&#8221;,o)},hooks:{action:{},filter:{}},addAction:function(o,n,r,t){gform.addHook(&#8220;action&#8221;,o,n,r,t)},addFilter:function(o,n,r,t){gform.addHook(&#8220;filter&#8221;,o,n,r,t)},doAction:function(o){gform.doHook(&#8220;action&#8221;,o,arguments)},applyFilters:function(o){return gform.doHook(&#8220;filter&#8221;,o,arguments)},removeAction:function(o,n){gform.removeHook(&#8220;action&#8221;,o,n)},removeFilter:function(o,n,r){gform.removeHook(&#8220;filter&#8221;,o,n,r)},addHook:function(o,n,r,t,i){null==gform.hooks[o][n]&amp;&amp;(gform.hooks[o][n]=[]);var e=gform.hooks[o][n];null==i&amp;&amp;(i=n+&#8221;_&#8221;+e.length),gform.hooks[o][n].push({tag:i,callable:r,priority:t=null==t?10:t})},doHook:function(n,o,r){var t;if(r=Array.prototype.slice.call(r,1),null!=gform.hooks[n][o]&amp;&amp;((o=gform.hooks[n][o]).sort(function(o,n){return o.priority-n.priority}),o.forEach(function(o){&#8220;function&#8221;!=typeof(t=o.callable)&amp;&amp;(t=window[t]),&#8221;action&#8221;==n?t.apply(null,r):r[0]=t.apply(null,r)})),&#8221;filter&#8221;==n)return r[0]},removeHook:function(o,n,t,i){var r;null!=gform.hooks[o][n]&amp;&amp;(r=(r=gform.hooks[o][n]).filter(function(o,n,r){return!!(null!=i&amp;&amp;i!=o.tag||null!=t&amp;&amp;t!=o.priority)}),gform.hooks[o][n]=r)}});<\/p>\n<div class=\"gf_browser_chrome gform_wrapper gravity-theme gform-theme--no-framework\" data-form-theme=\"gravity-theme\" data-form-index=\"0\" id=\"gform_wrapper_21\">\n<div class=\"gform_heading\">\n<h2 class=\"gform_title\">Submit a comment<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gform_description\">\n<p class=\"gform_required_legend\">&#8220;<span class=\"gfield_required gfield_required_asterisk\">*<\/span>&#8221; 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