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Meta Data Name: Medical Marijuana Policies
Last Modified: March 2, 2021
Author: Qinyun Lin

Data Location:

PS09 - at the state level. Files can be found here.

  • PS09_2017_S

Data Source(s) Description:

Variable was obtained from Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System, Medical Marijuana Caregiver Rules. This is a longitudinal dataset, displaying medical marijuana caregiver laws in effect as of January 1, 2014 through February 1, 2017.

See Comments/Notes section below for where to find more detailed variables regarding medical marijuana related policies.

Description of Data Processing:

The following variables were included from the source data:

  1. Dummy variable; State has a law authorizing adults to use medical marijuana

Key Variable and Definitions:

Variable Variable ID in .csv Description
Law authorizing adults to use medical marijuana MedMarijLaw Dummy variable, indicating whether state has a law authorizing adults to use medical marijuana (0 = no, 1 = yes)

Data Limitations:

N/A

Comments/Notes:

The variables included here are very high-level and collected as of Feb 1, 2017. For more detailed and longitudinal data, we recommend the following datasets from Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System:

  1. Medical Marijuana Caregiver Rubles from 2003 to 2017
  2. Medical Marijuana Dispensaries from 1999 to 2017
  3. Medical Marijuana Laws for Patients from 2009 to 2017
  4. Medical Merijuana Product Safety Laws from 2010 to 2017