Relevant research for considering a potential Wisconsin medical marijuana bill
The Badger Institute launched a first-of-its-kind initiative in late 2023 to better understand the impact of both adult recreational and medical cannabis legalization in other states and provide the citizens of Wisconsin with a research-backed estimate of what the impact could be here.
We have already published multiple installments in this series. More are coming. Here, we summarize the relevant findings thus far related to medical marijuana given the arrival of legislation that would allow its use.
The legislation was outlined by Wisconsin Assembly Republicans on Monday. Legislative text was not yet introduced, but news reports described the proposal as limiting cannabis to individuals certified by doctors as suffering from specific illnesses, and permitting them to buy only smokeless forms of the drug through five state-run dispensaries.
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