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TABLE 3.6 Effect of Decriminalization on Marijuana Use in Emergency Room (ER) Cases


    Total Reports of Drug Use per ERa
  Periodb States That
Decriminalized Marijuana		 States That Did Not
Decriminalize Marijuana
Marijuana use 1975 0.8 1.5
  1978 2.7 2.5

Other drug use 1975 47 55
  1978 55 70


    aData are based on patient self-reports.

    bStates that decriminalized marijuana did so after 1975 and before 1978. The 1975 values reflect ER marijuana reports before or in the first months of decriminalization, whereas 1978 values reflect ER reports when decriminalization laws had been in effect at least a year. The 1978 levels are median values for quarters in 1978 and are derived from Figures 1 and 2 in Model (1993).105

    SOURCE: Adapted from Figures 1 and 2 in Model (1993).105