“As more states have adopted legalization, public support for this policy has risen dramatically among voters — regardless of party affiliation. Elected officials who refuse to take action to end cannabis criminalization do so at their own political peril.”
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“These findings belie that claim that cannabis is a so-called ‘gateway drug’ and reinforces the notion that, for many individuals and for patients especially, it acts as a exit drug.”
According to one analysis, health-related costs per user are eight times higher for drinkers of alcoholic beverages than they are for those who use cannabis, and they are more than 40 times higher for tobacco smokers.
For fiscal year 2022-2023, marijuana tax revenue totaled over $282 million dollars.
Consistent with prior studies, investigators concluded: “Alcohol is overwhelmingly tried before either tobacco or cannabis.”
“Twins living in a state with recreational cannabis laws reported fewer negative consequences from alcohol use than their co-twin living in a non-RCL state,” investigators determined.
The study’s findings suggest that alcohol, not cannabis, “remains a greater threat to road safety.”
“As of 2019, we find [that] liberalization has been associated with lower pedestrian fatalities, not higher,” investigators concluded.