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Other health effects. The KHI analysts also studied how legalizing medical marijuana would affect crime and overall consumption of marijuana. There was not enough evidence for them to conclude that crime would likely increase or decrease post-legalization.
A new study says if Kansas legalized marijuana for broad medical use, marijuana-related car collisions and accidental ingestion hospitalizations likely would increase, but crime and illegal consumption would not. Credit Dave Ranney / Heartland Health Monitor.