Posts Tagged ‘cannabis’
May 20th, 2013
by Mark Kleiman
Bill Keller on mj legalization: Can we get to “orderly market” without passing through “way too stoned”?
Posted: Monday, May 20th, 2013 at
12:56 pm
Tags: cannabis, marijuana legalization
4 Comments »
January 11th, 2013
by Mark Kleiman
Stupid, right? “Cannabis kills no one” isn’t much better.
Posted: Friday, January 11th, 2013 at
9:47 am
Tags: all-cause mortality, cannabis, LD-50, marijuana
38 Comments »
December 27th, 2012
by Mark Kleiman
Comparing pot to booze is beside the point; the question is how one influences the other.
Posted: Thursday, December 27th, 2012 at
11:18 am
Tags: alcohol, benefit-cost analysis, cannabis, Frum, Kahan, legalization, marijuana, pot
109 Comments »
December 19th, 2012
by Mark Kleiman
A few facts, and many unknowns, for Frum, Riggs, and Sullivan to chew on (or smoke).
Posted: Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 at
10:47 pm
Tags: cannabis, drug policy, Frum, legalization, marijuana, Riggs, Sullivan
43 Comments »
October 30th, 2011
by Mark Kleiman
There’s a big gap between what the Administration said and what it should have said.
Posted: Sunday, October 30th, 2011 at
12:34 am
Tags: cannabis, Kerlikowske, legalization, marijuana
25 Comments »
September 8th, 2011
by Mark Kleiman
Most of the news in the new household survey on drug abuse is good: cocaine and meth use are down, meth initiations are way down. There’s an uptick in cannabis use, especially among young adults. So why is the official press release headlined “National Survey Shows a Rise in Illicit Drug Use”?
Posted: Thursday, September 8th, 2011 at
2:15 pm
Tags: cannabis, drug policy, drugs, initiation, marijuana, methamphetamine, prescription drugs, surveys
17 Comments »
August 9th, 2011
by Mark Kleiman
How come the number of “medical” marijuana users in some states is so large compared to the total number of self-reported marijuana users? Is there an epidemic of chronic pain among otherwise healthy thirty-year-old men who have been smoking pot for years?
Posted: Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 at
12:51 am
Tags: Angela Hawken, Beau Kilmer, cannabis, Drugs and Drug Policy, Jon Caulkins, marijuana, marijuana legalization, medical marijuana
6 Comments »