http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3617/anthony-duong Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:21:28 -0400 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:21:28 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1403/how-does-medical-marijuana-legalization-affect-the-number-of-marijuana-users-an-inclusion-and-examination-of-different-age-groups By Anthony Duong - This paper studies the effect of medical marijuana legalization on the number of marijuana users in a given state's general population. To measure the number of marijuana users in each state, I used survey data that covers multiple years. Given this data, I used a differences-in-differences model to see if the changes in marijuana use over time in legalized states are signi ficantly different from those in non-legalized states. While my initial results showed that legalization significantly increases the percentage of marijuana users in the general population, this was no longer the case when... Tue, 03 May 2016 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1403/how-does-medical-marijuana-legalization-affect-the-number-of-marijuana-users-an-inclusion-and-examination-of-different-age-groups