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Author Kilmer, Beau, author.

Title Before the grand opening : measuring Washington State's marijuana market in the last year before legalized commercial sales / Beau Kilmer, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Gregory Midgette, Linden Dahlkemper, Robert J. MacCoun, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula.

Publication Info. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, Drug Policy Research Center, [2013]
©2013

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Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Size of the Marijuana Market in Washington in 2013; Introduction; Data; Self-Reported Use from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH); Self-Reported Use Days; Trends in Prevalence Since 2010/2011; Grams Consumed per Use Day; Addressing Undercounting/Misreporting in NSDUH; Summary of Datasets; Methods and Results; State Consumption Estimate-Unadjusted for Survey Undercounting/Misreporting
State Consumption Estimate-Adjusted for Survey Undercounting/MisreportingChapter Three: Distribution of Past-Month Marijuana Users and Amount Consumed Across Counties; Introduction; Data; Past-Month Marijuana Users in Washington''s Six NSDUH Regions; County Total and 15-34-Year-Old Populations; Washington State Healthy Youth Survey of 10th and 12th Graders; Washington State Treatment Admissions from SCOPE-WA; Methodology; Sensitivity to Weighting Assumptions; Chapter Four: Characteristics of Washington''s Marijuana Users and Their Methods of Obtaining Marijuana; Introduction
Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Marijuana Users in WashingtonEducational Attainment of Marijuana Users; Age Distribution of Marijuana Users; Race and Ethnicity of Marijuana Users; Gender Breakdown of Marijuana Users; Income Level of Marijuana Users; Past-Month Use of Illegal Drugs Other Than Marijuana; Past-Month Tobacco Use Among Marijuana Users; Past-Month Alcohol Use Among Marijuana Users; Obtaining Marijuana in Washington; Insights from NSDUH; Insights from Seattle''s Youth Risk Behavior Survey; Insights from the Cannabis Consumption Survey; Chapter Five: Conclusion
Summary The 2012 passage of Initiative 502 in Washington state removed the prohibition on the production, distribution, and possession of marijuana for nonmedical purposes and required the state to regulate and tax a new marijuana industry. This report uses data from multiple sources to estimate the total weight of marijuana consumed in the state in 2013 to provide decisionmakers with baseline information about the size of the state's market.
Language English.
Subject Drug legalization -- Washington (State)
Marijuana industry -- Washington (State)
Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- Washington (State)
Drogues -- Légalisation -- Washington (État)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Research.
Drug legalization
Marijuana industry
Marijuana -- Law and legislation
Washington (State) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpymmTY6j9pxXGMd79FKd
Added Author Caulkins, Jonathan P. (Jonathan Paul), 1965- author.
Midgette, Gregory, author.
Dahlkemper, Linden, author.
MacCoun, Robert J., author.
Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo, 1968- author.
ISBN 9780833084064 (electronic bk.)
0833084062 (electronic bk.)
9780833084088 (electronic bk.)
0833084089 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. DEBBG BV043036933
DEBSZ 421223286
GBVCP 1008661023

 
    
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