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Lessons Learned From marijuana Legalization

 

Reviewed by researchers from:University of Colorado at Denver, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, University of Connecticut,Yale University, University of Kansas 

 

Smart Approaches to Marijuana

 

LESSONS LEARNED FROM MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

Reviewed by researchers from:University of Colorado at Denver, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, University of Connecticut,Yale University, University of Kansas 

 

Smart Approaches to Marijuana 

 

COLORADO

  • Colorado currently holds the top ranking for first-time marijuana use among youth, representing a 65% increase in the years since legalization (NSDUH, 2006-2017).
  • Colorado toxicology reports show the percentage of adolescent suicide victims testing positive for marijuana has increased (Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment [CDPHE], 2017).
  • The gallons of alcohol consumed in Colorado since marijuana legalization has increased by 8% (Colorado Department of Revenue [CDR], Colorado Liquor Excise Tax, 2017).
  • In Colorado, calls to poison control centers have risen 210% between the four-year averages before and after recreational legalization (Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center [RMPCD], 2017 and Wang et al.
  • Narcotics officers in Colorado have been busy responding to the 50% increase in illegal grow operations across rural areas in the state (Stewart, 2017).
  • In 2016 alone, Colorado law enforcement confiscated 7,116 pounds of marijuana, carried out 252 felony arrests, and made 346 highway interdictions of marijuana headed to 36 different U.S. states (RMHIDTA, 2017).
  • The crime rate in Colorado has increased 11 times faster than the rest of the nation since legalization (Mitchell, 2017), with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation reporting an 8.3% increase in property crimes and an 18.6% increase in violent crimes (Colorado Bureau of Investigation [CBI], 2017).


LESSONS LEARNED FROM MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

IN FOUR U.S. STATES AND D.C.

 

Alaska - In Anchorage, school suspensions for marijuana use and possession increased more than 141% from 2015 (when legalization was implemented) to 2017 (Wohlforth, 2018).

Colorado - A study in Colorado found that about 50% of youth in outpatient substance abuse treatment reported using diverted marijuana (Wilkinson, Yarnell, Radhakrishnan, Ball, & D’Souza, 2016).

DC - The Districtof Columbia saw public consumption and distribution arrests nearly triple between theyears 2015 and 2016, and a disproportionate number of those marijuana-related arrests occur among African-Americans (Moyer, 2017;DCMPD, 2016).

Oregon - One hospital in Bend, Oregon, also had an increase in marijuana-related emergency room visits from 229 in 2012 to 2,251 in 2015; the average number of marijuana-related emergency room visits per month in the same hospital in 2016 was 552 (Hawryluk, 2017).

Washington - Washington state law enforcement has documented a total of 424 violations among licensed marijuana businesses. Of these, 288 violations pertained to selling marijuanato minors and 136 violations were for allowing minors access to a restricted area(Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board [WSLCB], 2017).

 

 

 

 

 



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