The genetically informed neurobiology of addiction (GINA) model

R Bogdan, AS Hatoum, EC Johnson… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Addictions are heritable and unfold dynamically across the lifespan. One prominent
neurobiological theory proposes that substance-induced changes in neural circuitry promote …

[HTML][HTML] Relationships of cannabis policy liberalization with alcohol use and co-use with cannabis: A narrative review

RL Pacula, R Smart, MC Lira, SC Pessar… - Alcohol research …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PURPOSE The liberalization of cannabis policies has the potential to affect the use of other
substances and the harms from using them, particularly alcohol. Although a previous review …

The public health effects of legalizing marijuana

DM Anderson, DI Rees - Journal of Economic Literature, 2023 - aeaweb.org
Thirty-six states have legalized medical marijuana and 18 states have legalized the use of
marijuana for recreational purposes. In this paper, we review the literature on the public …

Recreational marijuana legalization and adolescent use of marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol

RL Coley, C Kruzik, M Ghiani, N Carey… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Given the rapid expansion of recreational marijuana legalization (RML) polices, it is
essential to assess whether such policies are associated with shifts in the use of marijuana …

Impact of state-level cannabis legalization on poly use of alcohol and cannabis in the United States, 2004–2017

JH Kim, AH Weinberger, J Zhu… - Drug and alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Cannabis policy has shifted toward legalization in many parts of the United
States (US). While attention has been focused on whether legalization will lead to changes …

The clouded debate: A systematic review of comparative longitudinal studies examining the impact of recreational cannabis legalization on key public health …

M Athanassiou, A Dumais, I Zouaoui, S Potvin - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Ineffective cannabis regulatory frameworks such as prohibition have sparked
interest in alternative solutions to reduce individual and societal harms. While it has been …

[HTML][HTML] Youth cannabis use and Legalization in Canada–Reconsidering the fears, myths and facts three years in

RJ Haines-Saah, B Fischer - Journal of the Canadian Academy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Canada legalized and regulated non-medical cannabis in October 2018, and in the lead up
to this policy change much debate was generated around the Federal Government's stated …

A difference‐in‐difference approach to examining the impact of cannabis legalization on disparities in the use of cigarettes and cannabis in the United States, 2004 …

AH Weinberger, K Wyka, JH Kim, R Smart… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To estimate the impact of recreational and medical cannabis laws (RCL, MCL) on the
use of cannabis and cigarettes in the United States. Design A difference‐in‐difference …

Marijuana liberalization policies and perinatal health

A Meinhofer, AE Witman, JM Hinde, K Simon - Journal of health economics, 2021 - Elsevier
We studied the effect of marijuana liberalization policies on perinatal health with a
multiperiod difference-in-differences estimator that exploited variation in effective dates of …

The Stage-Based Model of Addiction—Using Drosophila to Investigate Alcohol and Psychostimulant Responses

PN Cummins-Beebee, MM Chvilicek… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Addiction is a progressive and complex disease that encompasses a wide range of
disorders and symptoms, including substance use disorder (SUD), for which there are few …