Quasi-legal Cannabis in Colorado and Washington

Local and National Implications

Angela Hawken, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Beau Kilmer, Mark A. R. Kleiman

ResearchPosted on rand.org May 1, 2013Published in: Addiction, v. 108, no. 5, Editorial, May 2013, p. 837-838

In November 2012, Washington state and Colorado took the unprecedented step of legalizing commercial production and sale of cannabis for adult use, but all cannabis-related activities remain prohibited under the federal Controlled Substances Act. The consequences will depend on still-to-be-determined policy details and on hard-to-predict consumer responses.

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  • Copyright: Society for the Study of Addiction
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2013
  • Pages: 2
  • Document Number: EP-51613

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