TY  - JOUR
ID  - publications41762
UR  - https://www.tse-fr.eu/sites/default/files/TSE/documents/doc/by/madio/health_madio.pdf
IS  - 74
A1  - Carrieri, Vincenzo
A1  - Madio, Leonardo
A1  - Principe, Francesco
Y1  - 2020/12//
N2  - 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.
PB  - Elsevier
JF  - Journal of Health Economics
KW  - Light cannabis, self-medication, marijuana, difference-in-difference, prescription drugs, CBD.
SN  - 0167-6296
TI  - Do-It-Yourself medicine? The impact of light cannabis liberalization on prescription drugs
AV  - public
ER  -