Brief Review of the Effects of Recreational Marijuana Legislationon Academic Student Performance, Crime and Driving Accidents

Abstract

The effects of Recreational Marijuana Legislation (RML) have raised some concerns about detrimental consequences among lay individuals but also some professionals and scientists. However, some of these concerns that RML would, for instance, increase the use of marijuana and other substances and would lead to more marijuana abuse problems did not materialize as the use of marijuana and other substances such as smoking and alcohol
did not increase significantly after RML but actually might have decreased slightly. Similarly, the incidence of Cannabis Use Disorder or CUD did not increase markedly but again might actually have declined slightly.