Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research
http://hdl.handle.net/2148/1247
2024-03-29T15:08:02ZDispensary-Based Research: An Untapped Source
http://hdl.handle.net/2148/1436
Dispensary-Based Research: An Untapped Source
Reiman, Amanda
Since the first medical marijuana law was passed
in 1996, dispensaries have become the epicenter
of patient interaction, information sharing and
scientific advances in the cultivation, analysis
and manufacturing of cannabis and cannabis
products. Great potential exists in harnessing what
is happening at dispensaries for the purposes
of expanding our knowledge of cannabis and
cannabis use. This talk will review the research
on marijuana use that has been conducted at
medical marijuana dispensaries and discuss how
such research can advance knowledge of the
role of cannabis as a palliative treatment and
curative agent. Future directions and possibilities
for dispensary-based research will be explored.; Lecture delivered on Monday, April 29, 2013 by Amanda Reiman, for the Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research First Annual Speaker Series. Dr. Reiman is the Policy Manager of California for the Drug Policy Alliance and a lecturer in the School of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley.
2013-04-29T00:00:00ZData Shadows of the Underground Economy
http://hdl.handle.net/2148/1375
Data Shadows of the Underground Economy
Stephens, Monica
Lecture delivered at Humboldt State University on January 29th, 2013 by Dr. Monica Stephens, Department of Geography, Humboldt State University. Part of the Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research speaker series sponsored by the Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research, the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, the College of Professional Studies, and the College of Natural Resources and Sciences.; In the United States, the pricing of marijuana is not evenly distributed. Stephens discusses the distribution of marijuana prices in various regions and the value of volunteered geographic information with studies that could not be conducted otherwise. At priceofweed.com the site’s organizers request that volunteers contribute the prices paid for marijuana and the location of purchase.
This site, along with statistical measures used to model the price, demonstrates that within the United States there is a geography to marijuana pricing characterized by lower prices in states with medical marijuana programs and higher prices farther from Humboldt County, California.
Stephens also discusses the project as a recent study in the field of volunteered geographic information. VGI refers to map users adding geographic information to an existing base map.
2013-01-29T00:00:00ZPotential Economic Impact To Humboldt County If Marijuana Is Legalized
http://hdl.handle.net/2148/1374
Potential Economic Impact To Humboldt County If Marijuana Is Legalized
Budwig, Jennifer
2013-02-26T00:00:00ZDevelopments in Dutch Drug Policy
http://hdl.handle.net/2148/1373
Developments in Dutch Drug Policy
Reinarman, Craig
This presentation begins with a paradox: At the very moment when more countries are shifting their drug policies toward the Dutch approach (including the US), the Dutch government seemed to move in the opposite direction. What happened? Did Dutch citizens and their parliamentary representatives suddenly change their mind about cannabis and repudiate 30 years of the world’s most liberal drug policy? Craig Reinarman will describe the new cannabis law (“weetpass”) passed by the new Dutch Parliament in 2010 and situate it in the curious conjuncture of conditions that engendered it. Supporters of the US model of punitive prohibition read the new law as a sign the Dutch have at last come to their senses, but the law does not reinstate cannabis prohibition and does not symbolize a shift to “get tough” drug policies. Indeed, the government that initially passed this law quickly collapsed and a new government was elected last fall. Some local governments in the southern provinces (e.g., Maastricht) implemented the new law and reaped unintended consequences, while other local governments (e.g., Amsterdam) have said they will not enforce it. There are virtues in this ambiguity.
2013-03-25T00:00:00Z