Two Short Papers on Marijuana, Legalisation and Drinking: (1) Exogeneous Shocks and Related Goods: Drinking and the Legalisation of Marijuana; and (2) Notes on Projections of Alcohol Consumption Following Marijuana Legalisation [PDF]
(1) The paper uses the substitutability between goods to model the transmission to other products of a consumption shock to one product. The framework is used to analyse the impact on drinking of legalisation of marijuana.
Kenneth W. Clements +2 more
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Frequent cannabis use and the association with seizure burden in drug‐resistant epilepsy
Epilepsia, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Cannabis use has increased substantially, with modern products characterized by high tetrahydrocannabinol concentrations and variable composition. The relationship between frequent cannabis use and epilepsy outcomes remains uncertain. We examined the association between frequent cannabis use and epilepsy severity, clinical phenotype,
Santiago Philibert‐Rosas +16 more
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The Demand for Vice: Inter-Commodity Interactions with Uncertainty [PDF]
This paper analyses consumption patterns of vice -- marijuana, tobacco and alcohol. To deal with imperfect marijuana data, we exploit the interdependencies in the consumption of the three drugs identified in prior research, and introduce a Monte Carlo ...
Kenneth W Clements +2 more
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Cannabis Effects on Driving Performance: Clinical Considerations
Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids, 2023 Brianna Costales +3 more
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Marijuana Decriminalization: What does it mean in the United States? [PDF]
It is well known in the drug policy field that eleven states reduced the criminal sanctions associated with possession of small amounts of marijuana. In this paper we review the eleven original decriminalization statutes, documenting key dimensions of ...
Jamie F. Chriqui +2 more
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Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.This graphical abstract provides an overview of the content from this post hoc analysis describing the trajectories of fenfluramine effectiveness and safety, along with dose changes over time, in patients with Lennox‐Gastaut syndrome. Abstract In the phase 3 randomized controlled trial (RCT; NCT03355209) of fenfluramine in Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS),
Rima Nabbout +14 more
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Marijuana Use Among Adults 50 Years or Older in the 21st Century
Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2018 Background: Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug among older adults. As an older population grows in the United States that has a tolerant attitude toward marijuana use, the dynamics of marijuana use and the effects of marijuana on personal ...
Shawnta L. Lloyd MPH +1 more
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The Effects of Prices and Policies on the Demand for Marijuana: Evidence from the National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse [PDF]
Recent studies have shown that efforts to curb alcohol use by increasing the price of alcohol and limiting youth's access have succeeded, but they may have had the unintended consequencce of increasing marijuana use.
Gary A. Zarkin +4 more
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ECG Findings in Pediatric Patients under the Influence of Marijuana [PDF]
, 2018 Background: The effects of marijuana on the cardiac conduction system are ill defined. The purpose of this study is to describe the association between electrocardiogram (ECG) findings and positive urine drug screening (+UDS) for marijuana in the ...
Snyder, Christopher S. +7 more
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Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.This graphical abstract provides an overview of the content from this post hoc analysis evaluating the efficacy and safety of fenfluramine in patients with Dravet syndrome stratified by age, number of previously attempted antiseizure medications, and SCN1A pathogenic variant status using data pooled from the three pivotal randomized controlled trials ...
Rima Nabbout +20 more
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