Assessing the Public Health Impacts of Legalizing Recreational Cannabis Use in the USA
Assessing the Public Health Impacts of Legalizing Recreational Cannabis Use in the USA
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DOI：
10.1002/cpt.110
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发表时间：
2015-06-01
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Weier, M.
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作者：
Hall, W.;Weier, M.
在科罗拉多州和华盛顿州评估大麻使用合法化对公众健康的影响的一个主要挑战是缺乏任何合法大麻市场的经验。荷兰创造了一个用于娱乐用途的事实上合法化的大麻市场，但政策分析人士对它如何影响大麻使用率存在分歧。美国一些州已经创造了医用大麻的事实上的合法供应。到目前为止，这项政策似乎没有增加大麻的使用或与大麻有关的伤害。鉴于在更宽松的酒精政策方面的经验，娱乐性大麻使用合法化可能会增加目前吸毒者的使用量。合法化也有可能增加年轻人中的新用户数量，但仍不确定可能招募多少人，在什么时间范围内，在人口中的哪些群体中，以及这些新用户中有多少人将成为固定用户。
A major challenge in assessing the public health impact of legalizing cannabis use in Colorado and Washington State is the absence of any experience with legal cannabis markets. The Netherlands created a de facto legalized cannabis market for recreational use, but policy analysts disagree about how it has affected rates of cannabis use. Some US states have created de facto legal supply of cannabis for medical use. So far this policy does not appear to have increased cannabis use or cannabis-related harm. Given experience with more liberal alcohol policies, the legalization of recreational cannabis use is likely to increase use among current users. It is also likely that legalization will increase the number of new users among young adults but it remains uncertain how many may be recruited, within what time frame, among which groups within the population, and how many of these new users will become regular users.