Will use of cannabis increase more rapidly with legalization than during prohibition?

T Kjøsnes - CMAJ, 2019 - Can Med Assoc
Use of cannabis increased rapidly during prohibition (20-fold since 1972, as in the United
Kingdom). 2 So legalization is not flawed just because use continues to rise somewhat after …

A crude approach to evaluating cannabis legalization

Z Walsh - CMAJ, 2019 - Can Med Assoc
The proposal, made by Dr. Kelsall in her recent editorial on cannabis leglization, 1 that “any
increase in use… be viewed as a failure of this legislation” is flawed. From a methodological …

Time to end cannabis prohibition

C Fowlie - Matters of Substance, 2007 - search.informit.org
The current high levels of use and the level of black market activity indicate that the current
prohibition regime is not effective in limiting cannabis use. Prohibition results in high …

Legalisation: An unhealthy choice

JH Baxter, G Pike, S Reece - Of Substance: The National …, 2013 - search.informit.org
Australia already has lenient cannabis laws, where decriminalisation and cautions have
been in place since the 1980s. Australia also has one of the highest per capita cannabis …

Should cannabis be taxed and regulated?

A Wodak, A Cooney - Drug and Alcohol Review, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
After three-quarters of a century of prohibition, Australia's cannabis industry is the same
financial size as her gold industry, twice the size of her wine industry and three-quarters the …

The long and winding road to cannabis legalization.

JC Van Ours - Addiction, 2012 - search.ebscohost.com
In this article, the author comments on the study conducted by JP Caulkins and colleagues
on legalizating of cannabis drug uses. He mentions legalization will affect only effect …

The green light: How legalising and regulating cannabis will reduce crime, protect children and improve safety

M Lesh - 2019 - policycommons.net
A new paper by Daniel Pryor, a Research Economist and the Head of Programmes at the
ASI, and Liz McCulloch, Director of Policy at the drug reform advocacy group Volteface …

Don't foredoom cannabis legalization to failure

MJ Armstrong, D Malleck - CMAJ, 2019 - Can Med Assoc
In her recent editorial, Dr. Diane Kelsall proposes a simplistic standard for evaluating
cannabis legalization: if cannabis use rises, then legalization fails. That does a disservice to …

[PDF][PDF] The sky didn't fall: Canadian cannabis legalisation 18 months on

T Nichol - Matters of Substance, 2020 - search.informit.org
The sky didn't fall: Canadian cannabis legalisation 18 months on Page 1 TESS NICHoL
The sky didn’t fall Canadian cannabis legalisation 18 months on Attitudes about cannabis …

Prohibition and Cannabis Use in Australia: A Survey of 18-to 29-year-olds

D Weatherburn, C Jones… - Australian & New …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
The prevalence of cannabis use in Australia has increased in the last few years, prompting
some to argue that the prohibition against cannabis is both costly and ineffective and should …