Does Marijuana Legalization Affect Work Capacity? Evidence from Workers’ Compensation Benefits

Ghimire, Keshar M.; MacLean, Catherine H.; Powell, David

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3785805

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“…Contrary to their findings for MMLs, when assessing disability claims, Maclean et al (2017) found an increase in disability claim applications and prolonged disability spells following passage of RMLs. Reductions in workers' compensation receipts and benefit amounts, perhaps due to RMLs providing access to another form of pain management for workers, were also confirmed by Abouk et al (2021). Reductions in opioid prescriptions as a result of both RMLs and MMLs were identified for individuals with employer-sponsored health insurance (J.…”

Section: Employment Earnings and Other Workplace Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 84%

Societal Costs and Outcomes of Medical and Recreational Marijuana Policies in the United States: A Systematic Review

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Significant support exists in the United States for legalization of marijuana/cannabis. As of 2021, 36 states and four territories approved the legalization of medical cannabis via medical marijuana laws (MMLs), and 15 states and District of Columbia (DC) have adopted recreational marijuana laws (RMLs). We performed structured and systematic searches of articles published from 2010 through September 2021. We assess the literature pertaining to adolescent marijuana use; opioid use and opioid-related outcomes; alcohol use; tobacco use; illicit and other drug use; marijuana growing and cultivation; employment, earnings, and other workplace outcomes; academic achievement and performance; criminal activity; perceived harmfulness; traffic and road safety; and suicide and sexual activity. Overall, 113 articles satisfied our inclusion criteria. Except for opioids, studies on use of other substances (illicit drugs, tobacco, and alcohol) were inconclusive. MMLs and RMLs do not generate negative outcomes in the labor market, lead to greater criminal activity, or reduce traffic and road safety.

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Section: Employment Earnings and Other Workplace Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 84%

Societal Costs and Outcomes of Medical and Recreational Marijuana Policies in the United States: A Systematic Review

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“…Using data from the Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Groups, Sabia and Nguyen (2018) found no evidence that MML adoption was related to the employment, hours of work, or wages of working-age adults. 62 In an unpublished working paper, Abouk et al (2021) found that RML adoption was negatively associated with WC benefit receipt.…”

Section: Legalization and Workplace Healthmentioning

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The Public Health Effects of Legalizing Marijuana

Anderson

Rees

2021

SSRN Journal

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“…There were 9 states that implemented RCL in the study period (eTable 1 in Supplement 1). Two groups of RCL states were constructed as follows based on whether cannabis decriminalization was already in place before RCL implementation 4,5,[15][16][17] : (1) RCL states without decriminalization already in place, including Washington, Alaska, Nevada, and Michigan; and (2) RCL states with decriminalization already in place, including Oregon, California, Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont.…”

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“…The comparison group consisted of 22 states that neither implemented RCL nor changed penalties for cannabis possession in the study period (ie, non-RCL states). 4,5,[15][16][17] Seventeen states that did not implement RCL were excluded from the study because they either decriminalized cannabis or changed penalties for cannabis possession during the study period. 2,4,5 eTable 1 in Supplement 1 lists all included and excluded states.…”

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Association of Recreational Cannabis Legalization With Cannabis Possession Arrest Rates in the US

Gunadi

Shi

2022

JAMA Netw Open

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ImportanceRecreational cannabis legalization (RCL) has been advocated as a way to reduce the number of individuals interacting with the US criminal justice system; in theory, however, cannabis decriminalization can achieve this objective without generating the negative public health consequences associated with RCL. It is still unclear whether RCL can bring additional benefits in terms of reducing cannabis possession arrests in states that have already decriminalized cannabis.ObjectiveTo examine whether RCL was associated with changes in cannabis possession arrests in US states that had already decriminalized cannabis during the study period and whether these changes differed across age and racial subgroups.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis repeated cross-sectional study used cannabis possession arrest data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCRP) for US states from 2010 through 2019. Statistical analysis was conducted from October 6, 2021, to October 12, 2022.ExposuresImplementation of statewide RCL.Main Outcomes and MeasuresCannabis possession arrest rates per 1000 population per year were assessed with a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design and were used to estimate the association of RCL with arrest rates in RCL states that had or had not decriminalized cannabis before RCL. This association was also examined in subgroups for age (adults vs youths) and race (Black vs White).ResultsThis study included UCRP data for 31 US states, including 9 states that implemented RCL during the study period (4 without and 5 with decriminalization) and 22 non-RCL states. In the 4 states that had not decriminalized cannabis before legalization, RCL was associated with a 76.3% decrease (95% CI, −81.2% to −69.9%) in arrest rates among adults. In the 5 states that had already decriminalized cannabis, RCL was still associated with a substantial decrease in adult arrest rates (−40.0%; 95% CI, −55.1% to −19.8%). There was no association of RCL with changes in arrest rates among youths. In addition, changes in arrest rates associated with RCL did not differ among Black and White individuals.Conclusions and RelevanceIn this repeated cross-sectional study, RCL was associated with a sizable reduction in cannabis possession arrests among adults in states that had already decriminalized cannabis during the study period (2010-2019), albeit the magnitude was smaller compared with states that had not decriminalized cannabis before RCL. In addition, RCL did not seem to be associated with changes in arrest rates among youths or disparities in arrest rates among Black and White individuals.

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Does Marijuana Legalization Affect Work Capacity? Evidence from Workers’ Compensation Benefits

Cited by 4 publications

References 66 publications

Societal Costs and Outcomes of Medical and Recreational Marijuana Policies in the United States: A Systematic Review

Societal Costs and Outcomes of Medical and Recreational Marijuana Policies in the United States: A Systematic Review

The Public Health Effects of Legalizing Marijuana

Association of Recreational Cannabis Legalization With Cannabis Possession Arrest Rates in the US

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