Estimating the economic value of British Columbia's domestic cannabis market: Implications for provincial cannabis policy

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 436-441

  Werb, Dan ^a,b   Nosyk, Bohdan ^a   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b   Fischer, Benedikt ^c   Montaner, Julio ^a,b   Wood, Evan ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Cannabis; Econometric model; Illegal drug trade

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; RECREATIONAL DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANNABIS; COMMERCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRIME; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; STREET DRUGS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84869883704     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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