All posts in September 2024

We used a multinomial logistic regression model to assess the effects of several variables on the relative frequencies of cause-specific mortality which consisted of “natural disease,” “poisoning,” “predation,” and “human-caused,” however, we excluded unknown causes. We pooled human-caused mortalities with those from vehicular strike as “vehicular/ human” for modeling due to small sample sizes and…

Estimated associations were imprecise because of the small number of units that were included in the analysis,but are meaningful for the study jurisdictions. Cities and unincorporated county areas that had 8 or more cannabis control policies generally had greater population density, more renters, fewer family households, more crowded households, and higher densities of social organizations compared with…

The proposition did not have the force of law but simply declared the city’s support of medical cannabis. The ballot passed with 79 percent of the vote. The backing of the city administration encouraged Peron to launch the San Francisco cannabis buyers’ club, whose main goal was to provide safe access to quality controlled medicine so…

The drug problem was on the radar of social scienThists for many decades. In the 1960s, drug use became a politically contentious matter. Following the general resentment about drugs, scholarly literature contributed to the policy agenda by questioning the social and historical roots of drug regulation . Typically, scholars framed the drug problem through two…

The California Department of Public Health should have complete authority over packaging of marijuana and marijuana products. This authority should explicitly include, which the initiative does not, the option of requiring plain packaging. Plain packaging could contain graphic images of the specific health risks of marijuana use similar to those required for cigarettes in Australia…

A public health framework would seek to minimize consumption through public health regulations and public education, and create a social and legal environment modeled on California’s tobacco control program, which discourages the use of tobacco and protects nonusers from secondhand exposure. Through government regulation and market intervention, a strong public health framework would prevent a wealthy…

Given the diverse nature of cannabis and cannabinoid research, differences in state laws, and varied institutional regulations, every scientist will likely have a unique experience when initiating cannabis and cannabinoid work. In fact, with rapid changes in oversight and regulations, one cannot necessarily predict how to navigate regulatory hurdles for future studies based on one’s…

To varying degrees, every region of California decreased in percent share of the state’s total production, except for the San Joaquin Valley. Even if these other regions did increase their actual production rates, they still fell in percent share of the total because the large increase in milk production in the San Joaquin Valley outweighed…

Cannabis dependency may also increase, which has been linked to other substance use, depression and low satisfaction with life. We found the number of days of cannabis use increased on average from 11 days pre-legalization to 13 days post-legalization, which may reflect movement toward cannabis abuse and dependency. A study in California found a link…

Statistical tests confirm this trend. Existing farms that applied for permits displayed a mean expansion of 212 plants between 2012 and 2016, while the mean expansion for farms that did not apply was 130 plants . This difference of 82 plants is significant at the 1% level. Our regression results also find expansion associated with…