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Cannabis Use and Mental Health Problems


Jan C. Van Ours


Tilburg University - Department of Economics; University of Melbourne - Department of Economics

Jenny Williams


University of Melbourne - Department of Economics
July 2009

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7384

Abstract:     
This paper investigates whether cannabis use leads to worse mental health. To do so, we account for common unobserved factors affecting mental health and cannabis consumption by modeling mental health jointly with the dynamics of cannabis use. Our main finding is that using cannabis increases the likelihood of mental health problems, with current use having a larger effect than past use. The estimates suggest a dose response relationship between the frequency of recent cannabis use and the probability of currently experiencing a mental health problem.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 40

Keywords: cannabis use, discrete factor models, duration models, mental health

JEL Classification: C41, D12, I19

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Date posted: August 26, 2009  

Suggested Citation

Van Ours, Jan C. and Williams, Jenny, Cannabis Use and Mental Health Problems (July 2009). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7384. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1462013

Contact Information

Jan C. Van Ours (Contact Author)
Tilburg University - Department of Economics ( email )
P.O. Box 90153
Tilburg, 5000 LE
Netherlands
+31 13 466 2880 (Phone)
+31 13 466 3042 (Fax)
University of Melbourne - Department of Economics ( email )
Melbourne
Australia
Jenny Williams
University of Melbourne - Department of Economics ( email )
Melbourne
Australia
HOME PAGE: http://www.economics.unimelb.edu.au/staffprofile/jwilliams.htm
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