%0 Report
        %A Anderson, D. Mark
%A Rees, Daniel I.
%A Sabia, Joseph J.
        %T High on Life? Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicide
        %D 2012
        %8 2012 Jan
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 6280
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6280
        %X Using state-level data for the period 1990 through 2007, we estimate the effect of legalizing medical marijuana on suicide rates. Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5 percent reduction in the total suicide rate, an 11 percent reduction in the suicide rate of 20- through 29-year-old males, and a 9 percent reduction in the suicide rate of 30- through 39-year-old males. Estimates of the relationship between legalization and female suicides are less precise and are sensitive to functional form.
        %K medical marijuana laws
%K marijuana
%K alcohol
%K suicide