@article{ref1,
title="Investigating the effects of medical marijuana laws on educational attainment",
journal="Economics letters",
year="2018",
author="Li, Yajuan and Palma, Marco A.",
volume="164",
number="",
pages="43-45",
abstract="From 1996 to 2013, a total of 19 states and Washington, D.C. adopted medical marijuana laws (MML). Early adolescent marijuana use correlates with several problems later in life, including job-related skill acquisition, illegal substance abuse, and educational attainment. This paper examines the negative externalities of MML on educational attainment by applying a difference-in-differences research design. The results show that MML decrease high school graduation rates by 0.36 percentage points, indicating that nearly 13,000 students will not graduate as a result of the MML implementation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1765",
doi="10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.035",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.035"
}