Association of Recreational Cannabis Legalization With Cannabis Possession Arrest Rates in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Recreational cannabis legalization (RCL) has been advocated as a way to reduce the number of individuals interacting with the US criminal justice system; in theory, however, cannabis decriminalization can achieve this objective without generating the negative public health consequences associated with RCL. It is still unclear whether RCL can bring additional benefits in terms of reducing cannabis possession arrests in states that have already decriminalized cannabis.

Objective

To examine whether RCL was associated with changes in cannabis possession arrests in US states that had already decriminalized cannabis during the study period and whether these changes differed across age and racial subgroups.

Design, setting, and participants

This repeated cross-sec

SUBMITTER: Gunadi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9855298 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature