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Legalizing Marijuana
The Public Health Pros and Cons

Summary

With a growing number of states considering the legalization of medical marijuana and, more broadly, the decriminalization of recreational marijuana, this Forum event examined the public health pros and cons. What does science tell us about the benefits and risks of using marijuana? What are the economics at play? And what impact might decriminalization make on social justice?

Part of: Policy Controversies.

Presented in Collaboration with Reuters

Image Credit: iStockphoto.com l gaspr13

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Moderator

Scott Malone
Editor-in-Charge, General News, Northeastern United States, Reuters

Expert Participants

Jim Doyle
Health Care Lawyer and Former Governor and Attorney General of Wisconsin

A. Eden Evins
Director, Center for Addiction Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Jeffrey Miron
Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University

Igor Grant
Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

J. Skyler McKinley
Deputy Director of Marijuana Coordination for the State of Colorado

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