Developing public health regulations for marijuana: Lessons from alcohol and tobacco

Rosalie Pacula, B. Kilmer, A.C. Wagenaar, F.J. Chaloupka and J.P. Caulkins

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 6, 1021-1028

Abstract: Until November 2012, no modern jurisdiction had removed the prohibition on the commercial production, distribution, and sale of marijuana for nonmedical purposes-not even the Netherlands. Government agencies in Colorado and Washington are now charged with granting production and processing licenses and developing regulations for legal marijuana, and other states and countries may follow. Our goal is not to address whether marijuana legalization is a good or bad idea but, rather, to help policymakers understand the decisions they face and some lessons learned from research on public health approaches to regulating alcohol and tobacco over the past century.

Keywords: alcoholic beverage; article; cannabis smoking; car driving; drinking behavior; government; government regulation; human; legal aspect; public health; smoking; tobacco; United States, Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholic Beverages; Automobile Driving; Colorado; Government Regulation; Humans; Marijuana Smoking; Public Health; Smoking; State Government; Tobacco Products; Washington (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301766

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