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Author: Monaghan, Rory
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1. Monaghan, Rory
Medical Marijuana Legalization and Life Course Marijuana Usage
Presented: San Francisco CA, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2019
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Society of Criminology
Keyword(s): Drug Use; Geocoded Data; Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis; State-Level Data/Policy

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Recent public health research has shown over the past 15-20 years, adult marijuana usage has increased, particularly in MML states. Though this trend has been empirically observed, adult marijuana use research has been relegated to repeated cross sectional analysis, never addressing how marijuana usage plays out over the life-course in MML and non-MML states. The increasing prevalence of marijuana use among adults could be a result of both persistence of use by earlier users or later onset users. Traditional tenants of the criminal life-course would suggest that most individuals desist from criminal behavior by adulthood, but marijuana usage in MML states is becoming less "criminal," therefore suggesting marijuana use could persist for early users. Moreover, the more institutionally and socially accepting attitudes of marijuana in MML states present an opportunity to use marijuana for both persisting users and new users. In this research I will analyze patterns of individual marijuana usage over time in an attempt to explain the increasing usage rate of marijuana in MML states. I will use the NLSY79 and estimate growth curve models to capture individual marijuana use over time.
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Monaghan, Rory. "Medical Marijuana Legalization and Life Course Marijuana Usage." Presented: San Francisco CA, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2019.