Do medical marijuana laws reduce crime? : an empirical approach to drug enforcement policy and its effect on criminal activity

Autores
Mercado, Marcos J
Año de publicación
2014
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
tesis de grado
Estado
versión corregida
Colaborador/a o director/a de tesis
Rossi, Martín A.
Descripción
Fil: Mercado, Marcos J. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.
This paper studies the effect of medical marijuana law on different types of crime reported. The effect these laws have on society seems to be bigger than just through the community of medical marijuana users. With data from the Uniform Crime Reports we are able to exploit the fact that states passed this law at different points in time. This variation of the implementation of the law gives us the possibility of, by using a Dif-in-Dif approach, analyze panel data. After controlling for state and year fixed effects, as well as other variables, we find that reported index I crimes fall a 3.79% relative to states who were never treated. Index I crime’s components are further analyzed and we find that property crimes seem to be responsible for this drop. Property crimes suffer a 4% fall in crimes reported in states that enact medical marijuana relative to those who do not. We argue that several mechanisms generate a change in law enforcement resource allocation and try to approach econometrical proof that law enforcement is reallocating resources after medical marijuana law has been enacted. After this we try to better assess the nature of this re-allocation. Our study tries to anticipate impending research on marijuana policy and its effect on society, brought on by the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington.
Materia
Drug abuse and crime -- United States -- Mathematical models.
Drug legalization -- United States -- Mathematical models.
Marijuana -- Therapeutic use -- United States.
Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Abuso de drogas y crimen -- Estados Unidos -- Modelos matemáticos.
Legalización de drogas -- Estados Unidos -- Modelos matemáticos.
Marihuana -- Uso terapéutico -- Estados Unidos.
Marihuana -- Legislación -- Estados Unidos.
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Repositorio
Repositorio Digital San Andrés (UdeSa)
Institución
Universidad de San Andrés
OAI Identificador
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spelling Do medical marijuana laws reduce crime? : an empirical approach to drug enforcement policy and its effect on criminal activityMercado, Marcos JDrug abuse and crime -- United States -- Mathematical models.Drug legalization -- United States -- Mathematical models.Marijuana -- Therapeutic use -- United States.Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- United States.Abuso de drogas y crimen -- Estados Unidos -- Modelos matemáticos.Legalización de drogas -- Estados Unidos -- Modelos matemáticos.Marihuana -- Uso terapéutico -- Estados Unidos.Marihuana -- Legislación -- Estados Unidos.Fil: Mercado, Marcos J. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.This paper studies the effect of medical marijuana law on different types of crime reported. The effect these laws have on society seems to be bigger than just through the community of medical marijuana users. With data from the Uniform Crime Reports we are able to exploit the fact that states passed this law at different points in time. This variation of the implementation of the law gives us the possibility of, by using a Dif-in-Dif approach, analyze panel data. After controlling for state and year fixed effects, as well as other variables, we find that reported index I crimes fall a 3.79% relative to states who were never treated. Index I crime’s components are further analyzed and we find that property crimes seem to be responsible for this drop. Property crimes suffer a 4% fall in crimes reported in states that enact medical marijuana relative to those who do not. We argue that several mechanisms generate a change in law enforcement resource allocation and try to approach econometrical proof that law enforcement is reallocating resources after medical marijuana law has been enacted. After this we try to better assess the nature of this re-allocation. Our study tries to anticipate impending research on marijuana policy and its effect on society, brought on by the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington.Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de EconomíaRossi, Martín A.2016-08-22T12:55:11Z2016-08-22T12:55:11Z2014Tesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/updatedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_7a1finfo:ar-repo/semantics/tesisDeGradoapplication/pdfapplication/pdfMercado, M. J. (2014). Do medical marijuana laws reduce crime? : an empirical approach to drug enforcement policy and its effect on criminal activity. [Tesis de grado, Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía]. Repositorio Digital San Andrés. http://hdl.handle.net/10908/11809T.L. Eco. 621http://hdl.handle.net/10908/11809enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/reponame:Repositorio Digital San Andrés (UdeSa)instname:Universidad de San Andrés2025-09-04T11:16:09Zoai:repositorio.udesa.edu.ar:10908/11809instacron:Universidad de San AndrésInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.udesa.edu.ar/jspui/Universidad privadaNo correspondehttp://repositorio.udesa.edu.ar/oai/requestmsanroman@udesa.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:23632025-09-04 11:16:09.554Repositorio Digital San Andrés (UdeSa) - Universidad de San Andrésfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Do medical marijuana laws reduce crime? : an empirical approach to drug enforcement policy and its effect on criminal activity
title Do medical marijuana laws reduce crime? : an empirical approach to drug enforcement policy and its effect on criminal activity
spellingShingle Do medical marijuana laws reduce crime? : an empirical approach to drug enforcement policy and its effect on criminal activity
Mercado, Marcos J
Drug abuse and crime -- United States -- Mathematical models.
Drug legalization -- United States -- Mathematical models.
Marijuana -- Therapeutic use -- United States.
Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Abuso de drogas y crimen -- Estados Unidos -- Modelos matemáticos.
Legalización de drogas -- Estados Unidos -- Modelos matemáticos.
Marihuana -- Uso terapéutico -- Estados Unidos.
Marihuana -- Legislación -- Estados Unidos.
title_short Do medical marijuana laws reduce crime? : an empirical approach to drug enforcement policy and its effect on criminal activity
title_full Do medical marijuana laws reduce crime? : an empirical approach to drug enforcement policy and its effect on criminal activity
title_fullStr Do medical marijuana laws reduce crime? : an empirical approach to drug enforcement policy and its effect on criminal activity
title_full_unstemmed Do medical marijuana laws reduce crime? : an empirical approach to drug enforcement policy and its effect on criminal activity
title_sort Do medical marijuana laws reduce crime? : an empirical approach to drug enforcement policy and its effect on criminal activity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mercado, Marcos J
author Mercado, Marcos J
author_facet Mercado, Marcos J
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Rossi, Martín A.
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Drug abuse and crime -- United States -- Mathematical models.
Drug legalization -- United States -- Mathematical models.
Marijuana -- Therapeutic use -- United States.
Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Abuso de drogas y crimen -- Estados Unidos -- Modelos matemáticos.
Legalización de drogas -- Estados Unidos -- Modelos matemáticos.
Marihuana -- Uso terapéutico -- Estados Unidos.
Marihuana -- Legislación -- Estados Unidos.
topic Drug abuse and crime -- United States -- Mathematical models.
Drug legalization -- United States -- Mathematical models.
Marijuana -- Therapeutic use -- United States.
Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Abuso de drogas y crimen -- Estados Unidos -- Modelos matemáticos.
Legalización de drogas -- Estados Unidos -- Modelos matemáticos.
Marihuana -- Uso terapéutico -- Estados Unidos.
Marihuana -- Legislación -- Estados Unidos.
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Fil: Mercado, Marcos J. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.
This paper studies the effect of medical marijuana law on different types of crime reported. The effect these laws have on society seems to be bigger than just through the community of medical marijuana users. With data from the Uniform Crime Reports we are able to exploit the fact that states passed this law at different points in time. This variation of the implementation of the law gives us the possibility of, by using a Dif-in-Dif approach, analyze panel data. After controlling for state and year fixed effects, as well as other variables, we find that reported index I crimes fall a 3.79% relative to states who were never treated. Index I crime’s components are further analyzed and we find that property crimes seem to be responsible for this drop. Property crimes suffer a 4% fall in crimes reported in states that enact medical marijuana relative to those who do not. We argue that several mechanisms generate a change in law enforcement resource allocation and try to approach econometrical proof that law enforcement is reallocating resources after medical marijuana law has been enacted. After this we try to better assess the nature of this re-allocation. Our study tries to anticipate impending research on marijuana policy and its effect on society, brought on by the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington.
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