Citation

Anderson DM, Rees DI, Sabia JJ. Am. J. Public Health 2015; 105(4): e8-9.

Affiliation

D. Mark Anderson is with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University, Bozeman. Daniel I. Rees is with the Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Denver. Joseph J. Sabia is with the Department of Economics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2015.302608

PMID

25713960

Abstract

In a study recently published by the journal,(1) we found that the legalization of medical marijuana was associated with a lower risk of suicide among young adult males. Harris et al. take us to task for having interpreted this association as evidence that marijuana "protects against suicide. Our response to Harris et al.'s well-meaning, but misguided, critique is twofold. First, we did not interpret this association as evidence that marijuana protects against suicide. We simply noted that our results are consistent with the hypothesis that marijuana helps individuals cope with stressful life events." (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print February 25, 2015: e1. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302608).

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