Cannabis sativa: A comprehensive ethnopharmacological review of a medicinal plant with a long history

SA Bonini, M Premoli, S Tambaro, A Kumar… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Cannabis sativa L.(C. sativa) is an annual dioecious plant,
which shares its origins with the inception of the first agricultural human societies in Asia …

International perspectives on the implications of cannabis legalization: a systematic review & thematic analysis

A Bahji, C Stephenson - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The legality, recreational and medical use of cannabis varies widely by country and region
but remains largely prohibited internationally. In October 2018, Canada legalized the …

Evaluation of the effects of CBD hemp extract on opioid use and quality of life indicators in chronic pain patients: a prospective cohort study

A Capano, R Weaver, E Burkman - Postgraduate medicine, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Context: Chronic pain is highly prevalent in most of the industrialized nations around the
world. Despite the documented adverse effects, opioids are widely used for pain …

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 …

The impact of cannabis decriminalization and legalization on road safety outcomes: a systematic review

SB Windle, P Socha, JI Nazif-Munoz, S Harper… - American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction There is substantial debate concerning the impact of cannabis decriminalization
and legalization on road safety outcomes. Methods Seven databases were systematically …

[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 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 …

Violence and cannabis use: A focused review of a forgotten aspect in the era of liberalizing cannabis

L Dellazizzo, S Potvin, M Athanassiou… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There has been a shift surrounding societal and legal perspectives on cannabis reflecting
changing public attitudes towards the perceived safety and social acceptability of cannabis …

The cross‐border spillover effects of recreational marijuana legalization

Z Hao, BW Cowan - Economic inquiry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We examine the spillover effects of recreational marijuana legalization (RML) in Colorado
and Washington on neighboring states. We find that RML causes a sharp increase in …

Taxation and market power in the legal marijuana industry

B Hollenbeck, K Uetake - The RAND Journal of Economics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We study tax and regulatory policy in the legal marijuana market using unique administrative
data from Washington state. Washington's retail entry restrictions have resulted in firms with …