The minimum legal drinking age and marijuana use: New estimates from the NLSY97

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 474-476

  Crost, Benjamin ^a   Rees, Daniel I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Marijuana; Minimum legal drinking age; Regression discontinuity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MINIMUM LEGAL DRINKING AGE; NOTE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; SMOKING;

BARIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 84875060685     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.09.008     Document Type: Note

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