{"id":7732,"date":"2023-12-14T19:56:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T20:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=7732"},"modified":"2023-12-14T21:07:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T21:07:16","slug":"policy-brief-what-research-shows-about-marijuana-legalization-and-rates-of-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=7732","title":{"rendered":"Policy Brief: What research shows about marijuana legalization and rates of use"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/what-research-shows-about-marijuana-legalization-and-rates-of-use\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Making cannabis legal for all adults increases adults\u2019 use of the drug, but evidence on youth use is mixed<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Editor\u2019s note:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Yes, marijuana legalization increases adults\u2019 use. Youth use is a different matter.<\/p>\n

Marijuana use among adults in Wisconsin has been steadily increasing in recent years, especially among people who are 18 to 25 years old. Youth use has been falling. So what can the experience of other states tell us about the likely effect of legalizing cannabis use here?<\/p>\n

In this third installment in our \u201creal facts\u201d series, Jeremiah Mosteller lays out the available research.<\/p>\n

First, legalizing cannabis for adult \u201crecreational\u201d use and for medical use both increase the use of the drug among adults.<\/p>\n

As for use among those under 18 years old, the research is less conclusive. The plurality of studies \u2014 but less than half \u2014 suggest it will increase youth use. Fewer studies suggest it will decrease youth use. About a third of studies suggest it will have no effect.<\/p>\n

The mixed nature of the findings occurs every year that research has been published, Mosteller notes, and even the same authors have found conflicting results over time. About the only thing that can be said regarding youth use is that have not been dramatic increases in youth use when marijuana becomes legal.<\/p>\n

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

An introduction<\/a>\u00a0to the project from Mike Nichols.<\/p>\n

A finding that\u00a0criminal prosecution for marijuana offenses<\/a> has become rare in much of Wisconsin, from Mosteller.<\/p>\n

A finding that\u00a0legalization in other states has led to either neutral or positive effects on crime<\/a>, but an increase in traffic crashes, from Mosteller.<\/p>\n

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Read the policy brief<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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