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100	1		_aAnderson, D. Mark _eauthor
245	1	0	_aMedical marijuana laws, traffic fatalities, and alcohol consumption _ccreated by D. Mark Anderson, Benjamin Hansen and Daniel I. Rees
264	1		_aChicago: _bUniversity of Chicago Press, _c2013.
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
440			_aJournal of Law and Economics _vVolume 56, number 2
520	3		_aTo date, 19 states have passed medical marijuana laws, yet very little is known about their effects. The current study examines the relationship between the legalization of medical marijuana and traffic fatalities, the leading cause of death among Americans ages 5-34. The first full year after coming into effect, legalization is associated with an 8-11 percent decrease in traffic fatalities. The impact of legalization on traffic fatalities involving alcohol is larger and estimated with more precision than its impact on traffic fatalities that do not involve alcohol. Legalization is also associated with sharp decreases in the price of marijuana and alcohol consumption, which suggests that marijuana and alcohol are substitutes. Because alternative mechanisms cannot be ruled out, the negative relationship between legalization and alcohol-related traffic fatalities does not necessarily imply that driving under the influence of marijuana is safer than driving under the influence of alcohol
650			_aAdministrative law _vAlcohol drinking _xAlcohols
650			_aDeath _vMarijuana _xMedical marijuana
650			_aStatistical significance _vTax law _xTraffic estimation
700	1		_aHansen, Benjamin _eco author
700	1		_aRees, Daniel I. _eco author
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1086/668812
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