Published Journal Articles

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A Search-Theoretic Model of the Retail Market for Illicit Drugs (with Manolis Galenianos and Nicola Persico), Review of Economic Studies (2012)

A search-theoretic model of the retail market for illegal drugs is developed. Trade occurs in...

 

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An Analysis of Applicants Presenting to a Medical Marijuana Specialty Practice in California (with Helen Nunberg, Beau Kilmer, and James Burgdorf), Journal of Drug Policy Analysis (2011)

While 15 states and the District of Columbia provide allowances for medical marijuana, little is...

 

Drug Prevention and its Impact on Substance Use, Earnings and Educational Outcomes, Targeting Investments in Children (2010)
 

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Marijuana Use and High School Drop Out: The Influence of Unobservables, Health Economics (2010)

In this study, we reconsider the relationship between heavy and persistent marijuana use and high...

 

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Risk and Prices: The Role of User Sanctions in Marijuana Markets (with Beau Kilmer, Michael Grossman, and Frank Chaloupka), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (Contributions) (2010)

User sanctions influence the legal risk for consumers who engage in illegal drug markets. If...

 

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Do Citizens Know Whether Their State Has Decriminalized Marijuana? Assessing the Perceptual Component of Deterrence Theory (with Robert MacCoun, Jamie Chriqui, Katherine Harris, and Peter Reuter), Review of Law & Economics (2009)

Deterrence theory proposes that legal compliance is influenced by the anticipated risk of legal sanctions....

 

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Alcohol and marijuana use among college students: economic complements or substitutes? (with J Williams, Frank J. Chaloupka, and Henry Wechsler), Health Economics (2004)
 

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State medical marijuana laws: understanding the laws and their limitations (with Jamie F. Chriqui, Deborah A. Reichmann, and Yvonne M. Terry-McElrath), Journal of Public Health Policy (2002)
 

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Economics of youth drug use, addiction and gateway effects (with Donald Kenkel and Alan D. Mathios), Addiction (2001)
 

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Marijuana and Youth (with Michael Grossman, Frank J. Chaloupka, Patrick M. O'Malley, Lloyd D. Johnson, and Matthew C. Farrelly), Risky Behavior Among Youth: An Economic Analysis (2001)
 

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Mental health parity legislation: much ado about nothing? (with Roland Sturm), Health Services Research (2000)
 

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State mental health parity laws: cause or consequence of differences in use? (with Roland Sturm), Health Affairs (1999)
 

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Does Increasing the Beer Tax Reduce Marijuana Consumption, Journal of Health Economics (1998)
 

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Women and Substance Use: Are Women More Susceptible to Addiction?, American Economic Review (1997)
 

Published Book Chapter

Drug Prevention and its Impact on Substance Use, Earnings and Educational Outcomes, Targeting Investments in Children (2010)
 

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What does it mean to decriminalize cannabis? A cross-national empirical examination, Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research (2005)

Although frequently discussed as a singular policy, there is tremendous variation in the laws and...

 

RAND Peer Reviewed Publication

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Altered State? Assessing How Marijuana Legalization in California Could Influence Marijuana Consumption and Public Budgets, RAND Occasional Paper OP315 (2010)