The impact of adolescent exposure to medical marijuana laws on high school completion, college enrollment and college degree completion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is concern that medical marijuana laws (MMLs) could negatively affect adolescents. To better understand these policies, we assess how adolescent exposure to MMLs is related to educational attainment.

Methods

Data from the 2000 Census and 2001-2014 American Community Surveys were restricted to individuals who were of high school age (14-18) between 1990 and 2012 (n=5,483,715). MML exposure was coded as: (i) a dichotomous "any MML" indicator, and (ii) number of years of high school age exposure. We used logistic regression to model whether MMLs affected: (a) completing high school by age 19; (b) beginning college, irrespective of completion; and (c) obtaining any degree after beginning college. A similar dataset based on the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) w

SUBMITTER: Plunk AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5123757 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature