Big data on a big new market: Insights from Washington State's legal cannabis market

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2018, Pages 86-94

  Caulkins, Jonathan P ^a   Bao, Yilun ^a   Davenport, Steve ^b   Fahli, Imane ^a   Guo, Yutian ^a   Kinnard, Krista ^a   Najewicz, Mary ^a   Renaud, Lauren ^a   Kilmer, Beau ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Drug policy; Extracts; Legalization; Potency; Prices

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; CONSUMER; DRUG COST; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG POTENCY; ILLICIT DRUG INHALATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASHINGTON;

BIG DATA; COMMERCE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; MARIJUANA USE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 85046101204     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.03.031     Document Type: Article

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