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Do-It-Yourself medicine? The impact of light cannabis liberalization on prescription drugs

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Governments worldwide are increasingly concerned about the booming use of CBD (cannabidiol) products. However, we know little about the impact of their liberalization. We study a unique case of unintended liberalization of a CBD-based product (light cannabis) that occurred in Italy in 2017. Using unique and high-frequency data on prescription drug sales and by exploiting the staggered local availability of the new product in each Italian province, we document a significant substitution effect between light cannabis and anxiolytics, sedatives, opioids, anti-depressants and anti-psychotics. Results are informative for regulators and suggest that bans on light cannabis use would disregard the needs of patients to seek effective reliefs of their symptoms.
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hal-02945943 , version 1 (22-09-2020)

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Vincenzo Carrieri, Leonardo Madio, Francesco Principe. Do-It-Yourself medicine? The impact of light cannabis liberalization on prescription drugs. Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 74, ⟨10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102371⟩. ⟨hal-02945943⟩
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