marijuana legalization 2016: understanding the policy landscape...
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Beau Kilmer, PhD
Co-Director, RAND Drug Policy Research Center
Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation
Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
SAPC-UCLA, April 2016
Marijuana Legalization 2016:
Understanding the policy landscape and
design considerations
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• Unprecedented changes in marijuana policy
• Design considerations for legal marijuana:
The 10 P’s
• What are we learning from jurisdictions that
have legalized?
Roadmap
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dprc.rand.org
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• Washington State Liquor Control Board
• Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice
• Uruguay’s Junta Nacional de Drogas
• State of Vermont
Insights based on interactions with government agencies
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Prohibition Medical Legalization Decriminalization
Definitions matter
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Prohibition Medical Legalization Decriminalization
Reduce penalty
for small transactions
Possession of
small amounts a
civil rather than
criminal offense
Definitions matter
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Prohibition Medical Legalization Decriminalization
Legal to
possess,
distribute,
and
produce
Reduce penalty
for small transactions
Possession of
small amounts a
civil rather than
criminal offense
Definitions matter
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Prohibition Medical Legalization Decriminalization
Legal to
possess,
distribute,
and
produce
Reduce penalty
for small transactions
Possession of
small amounts a
civil rather than
criminal offense
Remove criminal
sanctions for
medical use
Access through
home cultivation
and/or dispensaries
Definitions matter
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Why is marijuana legalization controversial?
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Why is marijuana legalization controversial?
• Generate revenue
• Free up criminal justice
resources
• Prevent users from getting
a criminal record
• Make it easier to use for
medical purposes
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Why is marijuana legalization controversial?
• Increase youth use and clinical
disorders
• More “drugged driving”
• Increase emergency room visits
• Increase psychotic symptoms
• Correlated with other outcomes
• Generate revenue
• Free up criminal justice
resources
• Prevent users from getting
a criminal record
• Make it easier to use for
medical purposes
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What is happening in the U.S. is unprecedented
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Not even the Netherlands goes this far
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Voters in Alaska and Oregon also passed initiatives
to create for-profit marijuana industry
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Voters in Washington DC passed an initiative to
legalize home growing and “gifting”
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• State legislators in U.S. have introduced bills
• Will be on the ballot in California and other
states in 2016
Other states are considering legalization
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But this is still illegal under U.S. federal law
• U.S. Department of Justice has decided not to block
implementation
• Federal policy can change
• Sent a signal to other states and other countries
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• Unprecedented changes in marijuana policy
• Design considerations for legal marijuana:
The 10 P’s
• What are we learning from jurisdictions that
have legalized?
Roadmap
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Design Considerations: The 10 P’s
1. Production
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Legalization will drive down production
and distribution costs
Lower risk
New technology
Change scale of production
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~$1,500 California black market “farm gate”
Caulkins et al., 2012; Daly, 2014
One pound of processed, high-potency marijuana
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~$1,500 California black market “farm gate”
< $400 Legalize indoor home-production only
Caulkins, 2010; Kilmer et al., 2010
One pound of processed, high-potency marijuana
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~$1,500 California black market “farm gate”
< $400 Legalize indoor home-production only
< $40 Legalize outdoor grows (THC equivalent)
Caulkins et al., 2012; 2016
One pound of processed, high-potency marijuana
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Design Considerations: The 10 P’s
1. Production
2. Profit Motive
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Is the commercial alcohol model desirable?
• Heavy users drive market for alcohol – 80/20 rule (Cook, 2008)
– Same for marijuana (Kilmer et al., 2014)
• Creates strong profit motive for private companies
to maintain and nurture heavy users
• Powerful lobby that fights regulations and taxes
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Many alternatives to status quo prohibition
Source: Caulkins, Kilmer, Kleiman et al., 2015
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Commonly-discussed options in the US
Source: Caulkins, Kilmer, Kleiman et al., 2015
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Middle-ground options (small scale)
Source: Caulkins, Kilmer, Kleiman et al., 2015
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Middle-ground options (large scale)
Source: Caulkins, Kilmer, Kleiman et al., 2015
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Design Considerations: The 10 P’s
1. Production
2. Profit Motive
3. Promotion
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Promotion poses enormous challenges
• Competition & profit -> incentives to promote
• Think about promotion in communities and in stores
• Countering promotion can be difficult in the U.S. – Colorado and Washington are working to limit advertising
– Hard to eliminate in the U.S. with the “Commercial free speech” doctrine
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Design Considerations: The 10 P’s
1. Production
2. Profit Motive
3. Promotion
4. Prevention
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Many questions related to prevention
• Will resources be devoted to prevention and
countering promotion?
• How will youth messaging change now that
consumption is legal for adults?
• Will the messaging and strategy should be in
place before legal marijuana ever hits the streets?
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• Learn from experiences with alcohol & tobacco – Pacula et al., 2014
• These decisions can make a big difference – Number of retail off-premise stores
– Days of operation
– Hours of operation
Prevention also includes limiting access or
exposure to marijuana
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Design considerations: The 10 P’s
1. Production
2. Profit Motive
3. Promotion
4. Prevention
5. Policing & Enforcement
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• In U.S., those under 21 years = 20-25% of market – In the U.S. (Burns et al., 2013
• Will police spend more or less time dealing with
smoking in public?
• Will extra resources be devoted to eliminating
black market transactions?
Marijuana-related police contacts will still occur
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Design considerations: The 10 P’s
1. Production
2. Profit Motive
3. Promotion
4. Prevention
5. Policing & Enforcement
6. Penalties
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• What will penalties be for minors in possession
and those who supply them? – A criminal offense? Similar to alcohol?
• Will penalties for impaired driving change?
• Will production violations be criminal or just fines?
What will the penalty be for breaking new law?
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Design considerations: The 10 P’s
1. Production
2. Profit Motive
3. Promotion
4. Prevention & Treatment
5. Policing & Enforcement
6. Penalties
7. Potency
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Should THC levels be regulated?
• THC is the main intoxicant, also responsible for
increasing anxiety and panic attacks – E.g., Hall & Pacula, 2003; Room et al., 2010
• Mexican marijuana is 4-8% THC, sinsemilla sold in
dispensaries ranges from 10-25% THC – Kilmer et al., 2010; Kilmer et al., 2014
• Dutch are discussing limiting THC at 15%
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Hash oil wax/shatter being used to “Dab”
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Hash oil wax/shatter being used to “Dab”
My goal is not to create a panic about “dabs”; may
just be a small-scale regional fad that will fade away.
Since we really don’t know anything about prevalence
or consequences, researchers and policymakers
need to look into this.
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CBD is now getting more attention
• CBD is a cannabinoid that is believed to offset
some of the effects of THC
• Breeding for maximum THC decreased CBD levels – Eg., Burgdorf et al. 2011
• Emerging discussion about THC:CBD ratios
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Design considerations: The 10 P’s
1. Production
2. Profit Motive
3. Promotion
4. Prevention & Treatment
5. Policing & Enforcement
6. Penalties
7. Potency
8. Purity
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Need to give serious thought to:
• Molds and contaminants
• Additives and flavored products
• Will it be legal to infuse marijuana products with
nicotine or alcohol?
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Hash-oil solutions now used in e-cigarette devices
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Design considerations: The 10 P’s
1. Production
2. Profit Motive
3. Promotion
4. Prevention & Treatment
5. Policing & Enforcement
6. Penalties
7. Potency
8. Purity
9. Price
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Price matters
• Influences consumption and revenues
• 10% decline in price leads to ~3% increase in
marijuana prevalence – Pacula & Lundberg, 2014; Gallet, 2014
– We do not have good data on total price elasticity
– Would be better if we had price per unit of THC
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Require product testing
Impose taxes
Reduce competition
Options to elevate price
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Need to think hard about marijuana taxes
• If taxes are too high, there will be evasion
• Will taxes be applied to the medical market?
• There are alternatives to taxing by value – E.g., By weight, % THC, THC:CBD ratio
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Design considerations: The 10 P’s
1. Production
2. Profit Motive
3. Promotion
4. Prevention & Treatment
5. Policing & Enforcement
6. Penalties
7. Potency
8. Purity
9. Price
10.Permanency
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How easy will it be to change policies?
• Early adopters will probably suffer growing pains
and want to make changes
• Raises questions about how much flexibility to
build into the taxation and regulatory regime
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• Lot of focus on evidence-based policy, but we
don’t have evidence base for marijuana supply
• Why start with one of the most extreme options?
• Could imagine starting with small-scale or non-
profit approach before alcohol model
Could also consider incremental approach
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Another idea: Sunset clause
• As sunset date approaches, legislature or voters
could vote to sustain the law or try something else
• Would give jurisdictions an escape clause, a
chance—by simply sitting still—to overcome the
lobbying muscle of the new industry
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• Unprecedented changes in marijuana policy
• Design considerations for legal marijuana:
The 10 P’s
• What are we learning from jurisdictions that
have legalized?
Roadmap
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• It’s very early!
• Arrests are decreasing in CO and WA
• Tax revenue coming in, not as much as projected
• Edibles are posing regulatory challenges
What are we learning?
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• Self-reported past-month use is increasing – Up 43% in CO from 2011/2 to 2013/4
– Up 25% in WA from 2011/2 to 2013/4
– However, 3 other states saw larger increases than CO
• Colorado leads country in youth prevalence
• But…
What is happening with marijuana prevalence?
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• Only focused on prevalence, not consumption
• Need to put self-report data in perspective
• Need to consider control “groups”, rival hypotheses
• Also need to pay close attention to what’s happening
with use of alcohol, tobacco, and prescription opioids
…Be very careful about drawing strong inferences
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• You will continue to hear a lot about marijuana
Concluding thoughts
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• You will continue to hear a lot about marijuana
• Reasonable people can disagree about marijuana
Concluding thoughts
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• You will continue to hear a lot about marijuana
• Reasonable people can disagree about marijuana
• These “10 P’s” are a good place to start for those
who want to engage in debate, design, and analysis
Concluding thoughts
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