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- doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102371
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Light cannabis self-medication marijuana difference-in-difference prescription drugs CBD. H - Public Economics/H.H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies/H.H5.H51 - Government Expenditures and Health H - Public Economics/H.H7 - State and Local Government • Intergovernmental Relations/H.H7.H75 - State and Local Government: Health • Education • Welfare • Public Pensions I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I1 - Health/I.I1.I18 - Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health K - Law and Economics/K.K3 - Other Substantive Areas of Law/K.K3.K32 - Environmental, Health, and Safety Law K - Law and Economics/K.K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior/K.K4.K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of LawSujets proches
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Vincenzo Carrieri et al., « Do-It-Yourself medicine? The impact of light cannabis liberalization on prescription drugs », HAL-SHS : économie et finance, ID : 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102371
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Governments worldwide are increasingly concerned about the booming use of CBD (cannabidiol) products. However, we know little about the impact of their liberalization. We study a unique case of unintended liberalization of a CBD-based product (light cannabis) that occurred in Italy in 2017. Using unique and high-frequency data on prescription drug sales and by exploiting the staggered local availability of the new product in each Italian province, we document a significant substitution effect between light cannabis and anxiolytics, sedatives, opioids, anti-depressants and anti-psychotics. Results are informative for regulators and suggest that bans on light cannabis use would disregard the needs of patients to seek effective reliefs of their symptoms.