Considering the Consequences of Changing Cannabis Policy in Indiana
This report presents educational information and insights for those who are evaluating Indiana's cannabis policies or considering potential alternatives.
Rosanna Smart
Codirector, RAND Drug Policy Research Center; Senior Economist; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
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Rosanna Smart is a senior economist at RAND, codirector of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center, codirector of the RAND Gun Policy in America initiative, and a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. Her research is in applied microeconomics, with a focus on issues related to health behaviors, illegal markets, drug policy, and the determinants of gun violence.
Her current drug policy research studies a variety of issues related to better understanding substance use behaviors in the context of complex policy changes, including evaluating the implications of evolving cannabis market dynamics, understanding trends and patterns of polysubstance use, and assessing the consequences of supply shocks to psychiatric medications. Her other strand of research focuses on informing effective gun policy in the United States, evaluating the differential effects of gun policy across different populations and communities, and identifying interventions that can reduce gun violence; within this work, she serves as codirector of RAND's Gun Policy in America initiative.
Her research has been published in outlets such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Health Economics, American Journal of Public Health, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Smart received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Education
Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A. in economics, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in economics, Pomona College
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