{"id":3808,"date":"2013-11-04T21:34:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T21:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanainc.com\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2013-11-04T21:34:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T21:34:02","slug":"forbes-economists-predict-marijuana-legalization-will-produce-public-health-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalmarijuanainc.com\/2013\/11\/04\/forbes-economists-predict-marijuana-legalization-will-produce-public-health-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbes: Economists Predict Marijuana Legalization Will Produce &#8216;Public-Health Benefits&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jacobsullum\/2013\/11\/01\/economists-predict-marijuana-legalization-will-produce-public-health-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes.com<\/a> is featuring a fascinating op-ed about cannabis use as compared to alcohol, and presents research that suggests that increased cannabis consumption would lead to decreased alcohol consumption and a positive net value for society. From the article (emphasis ours):<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;\">\n<li style=\"border: 1px solid #d3d3d3; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 10px; background-color: #fffff0;\">\n<blockquote><p><em>Reviewing the evidence in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Montana State University economist D. Mark Anderson and University of Colorado economist Daniel Rees find that \u201cstudies based on clearly defined natural experiments generally support the hypothesis that marijuana and alcohol are substitutes.\u201d Increasing the drinking age seems to result in more marijuana consumption, for instance, and pot smoking drops off sharply at age 21, \u201csuggesting that young adults treat alcohol and marijuana as substitutes.\u201d Another study found that legalizing marijuana for medical use is associated with a drop in beer sales and a decrease in heavy drinking. <strong>These results, Anderson and Rees say, \u201csuggest that, as marijuana becomes more available, young adults in Colorado and Washington will respond by drinking less, not more.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That conclusion is consistent with earlier research in which Anderson and Rees found that <strong>enacting medical marijuana laws is associated with a 13 percent drop in traffic fatalities<\/strong>. That effect could be due to the fact that marijuana impairs driving ability much less dramatically than alcohol does, although the fact that alcohol is more likely to be consumed outside the home (resulting in more driving under its influence) may play a role as well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[&#8230;]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Anderson and Rees note that UCLA drug policy expert Mark Kleiman, who co-wrote Marijuana Legalization and has been advising Washington\u2019s cannabis regulators, recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestranger.com\/seattle\/%20dont-call-him-the-pot-czar\/Content?oid=16460452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described<\/a> a worst-case scenario for legalization featuring an increase in heavy drinking, \u201ccarnage on our highways,\u201d and a \u201cmassive\u201d increase in marijuana consumption among teenagers. \u201cKleiman\u2019s worst-case scenario is possible, but not likely,\u201d they conclude. \u201cBased on existing empirical evidence, we expect that the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington will lead to increased marijuana consumption coupled with decreased alcohol consumption. As a consequence, these states will experience a reduction in the social harms resulting from alcohol use. <strong>While it is more than likely that marijuana produced by state-sanctioned growers will end up in the hands of minors, we predict that overall youth consumption will remain stable. On net, we predict the public-health benefits of legalization to be positive.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full op-ed at Forbes.com by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jacobsullum\/2013\/11\/01\/economists-predict-marijuana-legalization-will-produce-public-health-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.    \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forbes.com is featuring a fascinating op-ed about cannabis use as compared to alcohol, and presents research that suggests that increased cannabis consumption would lead to decreased alcohol consumption and a positive net value for society. 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