Recreational marijuana laws and junk food consumption: Evidence using border analysis and retail sales data

Michele Baggio; Alberto Chong

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3328613

Recreational marijuana laws and junk food consumption: Evidence using border analysis and retail sales data

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We use retail scanner data on purchases of high calorie food to study the link between recreational marijuana laws (RMLs) and consumption of high calorie food. To do this we exploit differences in the timing of introduction of marijuana laws among states and find that they are complements. Specifically, in counties located in RML states monthly sales of high calorie food increased by 3.1 percent for ice cream, 4.1 for cookies, and 5.3 percent for chips.

Original language	Spanish
Pages	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3328613
State	Published - 20 Feb 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series
No.	19-16

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Recreational marijuana laws and junk food consumption: Evidence using border analysis and retail sales data

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