Publications by authors named "R P Smart"
Background: From 2019 to 2020, homicide showed its largest single-year increase in modern US history. While many have cited the COVID-19 pandemic or police killing of George Floyd as initiating the rise, there has been limited systematic investigation of how the timing of the increase corresponded with these key events. We investigated trends in firearm and non-firearm homicide across sociodemographic and geographic groups to clarify the timing and nature of the recent increase.
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- * Using a variety of statistical models, researchers found a significant inverse relationship: stricter cannabis policies led to lower prevalence of cannabis use among both adults and youth.
- * Specifically, a 10 percentage-point increase in policy restrictiveness resulted in reduced usage rates, supporting the conclusion that more restrictive cannabis policies can be effective in decreasing overall cannabis consumption.