Health, safety, and socioeconomic impacts of cannabis liberalization laws: An evidence and gap map.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, cannabis laws and regulations are rapidly changing. Countries are increasingly permitting access to cannabis under various decriminalization, medicalization, and legalization laws. With strong economic, public health, and social justice incentives driving these domestic cannabis policy reforms, liberalization trends are bound to continue. However, despite a large and growing body of interdisciplinary research addressing the policy-relevant health, safety, and socioeconomic consequences of cannabis liberalization, there is a lack of robust primary and systematic research that comprehensively investigates the consequences of these reforms.

Objectives

This evidence and gap map (EGM) summarizes the empirical evidence on cannabis liberalization policies. Prim

SUBMITTER: Sevigny EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10616541 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature