Commentary on Jones J, Jones KN and Peil J (2018) The impact of the legalization of recreational marijuana on college students. Addictive Behaviors 77: 255–259, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.08.015

Abstract

With the broadening legislative changes surrounding legalized recreational marijuana in the United States, tracking the impact of such changes is imperative. As such, in a recent article published in Addictive Behaviors, we identified several emerging trends in the first state to legalize recreational marijuana, Colorado. Since our publication, similar research from other states that have legalized recreational marijuana (Oregon and Washington) has emerged. Here, we attempt to expand on our findings and identify patterns across the research, by comparing and contrasting our results to research in other states with legalized recreational marijuana. We identified several trends including, but not limited to, the rates of marijuana use rising after decriminalization, but not the retail sale of recreational marijuana; recreational marijuana legalization leading to a decrease in the relationship between marijuana and alcohol use; and the identification of binge drinkers as a high-risk population for marijuana use after recreational legalization. We also explore the complicated relationship between marijuana use and academic performance, and point out areas where future research is needed.

Before and After Prohibition: Parental Communication and Modeling Associated With Emerging Adult Recreational Marijuana Attitudes and Use

“…Recreational marijuana legalization is gaining popularity across the US, with more states passing legislation each year (Jones & Jones, 2019). Despite ongoing federal prohibition, this changing state-level legal landscape has led to inconsistent findings regarding public harm and use perceptions (Cerdá et al, 2017; Ghosh et al, 2017; Hall & Lynskey, 2016; Kerr et al, 2018), and little is known of the long-term consequences of decriminalization and normalization of use.…”

Common misconceptions held by health researchers when interpreting linear regression assumptions, a cross-sectional study

“…Papers that matched the inclusion criteria (see below) were randomly ordered, and the first eligible 100 were selected. A complete list of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) of included and excluded papers is available for transparency [20].…”

“…The raw data and a reproducible R Quarto file used to produce this paper, including all tables and figures have been stored in a GitHub repository and can be accessed at [20] Author Contributions…”

Optical Herding of Swarms: Toward Universal Control Algorithms for Microscopic Collectives

“…The colors magenta and cyan were selected as these are the colors the physical robots can distinguish most consistently (sensing method described in Jones et al (2018)). The simulation environment 'Kilobox' was developed by Jones (2019) and bundled with minimal example code which was modified and extended to achieve the desired functionality. The simulation speed can be modified and the GUI can be disabled via command line interface to reduce computational requirements when carrying out multiple runs.…”