This paper studies the impact of local disamenities on property values, by focusing on the lega lization of recreational marijuana dispensaries in Washington State. Policymakers have long expressed concerns that the positive effects of the legalization—e.g., increases in tax revenue—are well spread spatially, but the negative effects are highly localized. We use changes in property values to me...

C or marijuana, is one of the most commonly used illicit drugs, but the debate rages in several countries regarding whether or not it should be legalized. With marijuana’s legalization come serious considerations for the medical community, such as What are the consequences of long-term use? What are the medical and psychological risks? and Who are the people most vulnerable to its negative effe...

Historically, the products of Cannabis sativa (or marijuana) have been used in socioreligious rites and for medicinal and recreational purposes. Multiple medical purposes, related or not to religious rituals, were prevalent in the ancient world (Assyria, Egypt, Rome, Greece and China) and India (54). Marijuana was used less widely in Western Europe and North America (54,55). Because reliable cl...

M arijuana is a very old drug with documented use reaching back to Chinese emperors and Egyptian pharaohs. Ancient civilizations described the medicinal value of marijuana, promoting it for its healing powers, antiinflammatory properties, and as a treatment for many different disease states. In the several intervening millennia, the medicinal claims surrounding marijuana use have been validated...

Copyright: © 2016 Liu Q. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Over the recent years, public and political opinions have demonstrated increasing support for the legalization of medical marijuana. To ...