Jakub Červený1, Pavla Chomynová2, Viktor Mravčík3, Jan C van Ours4. 1. Department of Economics, CentER, Tilburg University, The Netherlands. 2. National Monitoring Center for Drugs and Addiction, The Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic; National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic. 3. National Monitoring Center for Drugs and Addiction, The Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic; Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Czech Republic; National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic. 4. Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Economics, University of Melbourne, Australia; Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam/Rotterdam, The Netherlands; CEPR, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: vanours@ese.eur.nl.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In the Czech Republic in 2010 a law was introduced decriminalizing personal possession of small quantities of several illicit drugs, including cannabis. METHODS: We use 2012 survey data to examine the effect of a change in cannabis policy on the age of onset of cannabis use. We estimate the effect of the policy change using a mixed proportional hazards framework that models the transition to first cannabis use. RESULTS: The change in cannabis policy did not affect the transition to first cannabis use. CONCLUSION: We find no evidence of cannabis decriminalization affecting the age of onset of cannabis use.
BACKGROUND: In the Czech Republic in 2010 a law was introduced decriminalizing personal possession of small quantities of several illicit drugs, including cannabis. METHODS: We use 2012 survey data to examine the effect of a change in cannabis policy on the age of onset of cannabis use. We estimate the effect of the policy change using a mixed proportional hazards framework that models the transition to first cannabis use. RESULTS: The change in cannabis policy did not affect the transition to first cannabis use. CONCLUSION: We find no evidence of cannabis decriminalization affecting the age of onset of cannabis use.
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