Magdalena Cerdá

TL;DR: This paper developed hypotheses regarding the influence of four factors: (1) greater opioid prescription in rural areas, creating availability from which illegal markets can arise; (2) an out-migration of young adults; (3) greater rural social and kinship network connections, which may facilitate drug diversion and distribution; and (4) economic stressors that may create vulnerability to drug use more generally.

TL;DR: States that legalized medical marijuana had higher rates of marijuana use and marijuana abuse/dependence and future research needs to examine whether the association is causal, or is due to an underlying common cause, such as community norms supportive of the legalization of medical marijuana and ofarijuana use.

TL;DR: Investment in evidence-based adolescent substance use prevention programs in any additional states that may legalize recreational marijuana use is suggested, as perceived harmfulness of marijuana use decreased and marijuana use increased following legalization of recreationalarijuana use in Washington.

TL;DR: From 1991-1992 to 2012-2013, illicit cannabis use increased significantly more in states that passed MML than in other states, as did cannabis use disorders, which followed similar patterns descriptively.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that although marijuana legalization advanced social justice goals, the small post-RML increase in risk for CUD among respondents aged 12 to 17 years and increased frequent use and Cud among adults 26 years or older in this study are a potential public health concern.