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- The paper examines the impact of cannabis use on the physical and mental health of prime-aged individuals in Amsterdam, using data from 1994.
- Due to the legal status of cannabis in the Netherlands, the study avoids complications related to criminal behavior affecting health estimates.
- Findings indicate that while cannabis use is associated with a slight reduction in mental wellbeing for both genders and physical wellbeing for men, the overall effect sizes are small.
Article Abstract
This paper investigates whether cannabis use affects physical and mental health. To do so, information on prime aged individuals living in Amsterdam in 1994 is used. Dutch data offer a clear advantage in estimating the health impacts of cannabis use because the legal status of cannabis in the Netherlands ensures that estimates are free from confounding with the physical and psychological effects of engaging in a criminal activity. Accounting for selection into cannabis use and shared frailties in mental and physical health, the results suggest that cannabis use reduces the mental wellbeing of men and women and the physical wellbeing of men. Although statistically significant, the magnitude of the effect of using cannabis on mental and physical health is found to be small.
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