@article{ref1,
title="Marijuana and Crime: Is there a Connection Beyond Prohibition?",
journal="NBER working papers series",
year="2003",
author="Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo and Kilmer, Beau",
volume="2003",
number="online",
pages="w10046-w10046",
abstract="We examine the relationship between marijuana use and non-drug related crime using data on arrests from the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program and Uniform Crime Reports. There is a positive association between self-reported use at the time of the offence and non-drug related violent, property and income-producing crime even after accounting for other substance use in the ADAM data. Reduced form equations using both data sets only provide evidence supporting a causal mechanism for property and income-producing crime. In the case of violent crime, we find a statistically significant association with arrests but not reported crime, suggesting that marijuana use may just influence the likelihood of getting caught committing these crimes.<p />",
language="",
issn="0898-2937",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}