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The addition of cannabis to prescription drug monitoring programs and medication fills in Medicaid

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  • Shelby R. Steuart

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To date, there is considerable evidence of the medical applications of cannabis, however concerns regarding the safety of cannabis are also mounting. To improve the safety of cannabis, nine states have added medical cannabis to their state PDMPs, helping providers to take patient cannabis use into consideration when making prescribing decisions. Across a variety of models using Medicaid State Drug Utilization claims data, I find statistically significant reductions in severely and moderately contraindicated medication fills across two outcomes. In my main specification, adding cannabis to a state PDMP is associated with a 14.4% (p

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  • Shelby R. Steuart, 2025. "The addition of cannabis to prescription drug monitoring programs and medication fills in Medicaid," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 34(2), pages 283-296, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:hlthec:v:34:y:2025:i:2:p:283-296
    DOI: 10.1002/hec.4911
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