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The long-term effects of marijuana use on mental health outcomes

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  • Aliaksandr Amialchuk

    (University of Toledo)

  • Mir M. Ali

    (US Department of Health & Human Services)

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We estimate the long-term effect of initiating marijuana use in adolescence on several mental health outcomes later in life. We use the first two waves (1994–1996) and the fifth wave (2016–2018) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) and estimate instrumental variables models with school-level fixed effects, where the instrument is the respondents’ perceptions about their friends’ marijuana use. We find that marijuana use in adolescence is associated with a significant increase in anxiety approximately twenty years later. The increase in anxiety is only present among females and is stronger among females who used marijuana regularly as adolescents.

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  • Aliaksandr Amialchuk & Mir M. Ali, 2024. "The long-term effects of marijuana use on mental health outcomes," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 1127-1145, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:reveho:v:22:y:2024:i:3:d:10.1007_s11150-023-09680-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s11150-023-09680-8
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    Keywords

    Marijuana; Adolescence; Mental Health;
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    JEL classification:

    • C20 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - General
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth

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