Before the Grand Opening Measuring Washington State's Marijuana Market in the Last Year Before Legalized Commercial Sales

• Main Author: Kilmer, Beau (auth)
• Other Authors: Caulkins, Jonathan P. (auth), Midgette, Gregory (auth), Dahlkemper, Linden (auth), MacCoun, Robert J. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2013
• Subjects: History of the Americas; Coping with personal problems; Social research & statistics; History; Sociology; Psychology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The 2012 passage of Initiative 502 in Washington state removed the prohibition on the production, distribution, and possession of marijuana for nonmedical purposes and required the state to regulate and tax a new marijuana industry. This report uses data from multiple sources to estimate the total w...