{"id":217,"date":"2024-04-28T21:43:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T21:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/?page_id=217"},"modified":"2024-04-28T22:44:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T22:44:44","slug":"measuring-policy-diffusion-through-cannabis-legalization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/conference-schedule\/poster-presentations\/poster-presentations-session-1\/measuring-policy-diffusion-through-cannabis-legalization\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring Policy Diffusion through Cannabis Legalization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sierra Gambala, &amp; Dr. Sean Kelly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recreational use of marijuana is legal in twenty-four states and the District of Colombia. Using the initiative process, voters in Colorado and Washington State voted to support adult consumption of cannabis in 2012. How did legalization spread from two states to half of the country? Diffusion theory proved a potential explanation. States adopt new policies based on the internal political environment in the state and in the context of the policies other states adopt. The research is divided into two parts. Using binary logistic regression, I examine the probability of state(s) adopting a new policy as a function of voter initiative and the variable suggested by diffusion theory. Early results support the contention that voter initiative plays a large part in cannabis policy diffusion. Second, I examine the diffusion of regulatory policy at the county level in California. Which counties opted for retail sales? Is there a relationship between the county\u2019s vote for Proposition 64 and consistent with diffusion theory; how do internal and external variables influence a county\u2019s decision? Tentative results suggest that counties are somewhat responsive to the votes in their county. However, internal and external opportunities and constraints may play a more prominent role at the county level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/conference-schedule\/poster-presentations\/\">Poster Presentation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/conference-schedule\/poster-presentations\/poster-presentations-session-1\/\">Session 1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9:15am\u00a0<strong>\u2013<\/strong>\u00a010:30am<br>Grand Salon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Political Science<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sierra Gambala, &amp; Dr. Sean Kelly Recreational use of marijuana is legal in twenty-four states and the District of Colombia. Using the initiative process, voters in Colorado and Washington State voted to support adult consumption of cannabis in 2012. How did legalization spread from two states to half of the country? Diffusion theory proved a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":45,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-217","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-poster-presentations","category-session-1","tag-political-science","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions\/422"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/src.cikeys.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}