Recreational Cannabis Legalization, Retail Sales, and Adolescent Substance Use Through 2021

Rebekah Levine Coley; Naoka Carey; Claudia Kruzik; Summer Sherburne Hawkins; Christopher F Baum

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0555

Recreational Cannabis Legalization, Retail Sales, and Adolescent Substance Use Through 2021

JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Apr 15:e240555. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0555. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Rebekah Levine Coley¹, Naoka Carey¹, Claudia Kruzik², Summer Sherburne Hawkins³, Christopher F Baum⁴

Affiliations

¹ Counseling, Developmental & Educational Psychology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
² Center for Early Childhood Education and Intervention, University of Maryland, College Park.
³ School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Economics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

PMID: 38619849
PMCID: PMC11019436 (available on 2025-04-15)
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0555

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study using survey datasets evaluates recreational cannabis legalization and retail sales policies and adolescent substance use through 2021.