Impact of Alcohol Outlet Density on Reported Cases of Child Maltreatment in Japan: Fixed Effects Analysis

The changing legal status of marijuana in the United States has increased access to the drug through medical marijuana dispensaries. Limited research exists that examines the effects of these dispensaries on social problems including child maltreatment. The current study examines how medical marijuana dispensaries may affect referrals for child abuse and neglect investigations. Data are analyzed from 2,342 Census tracts in Los Angeles County, California. Locations of medical marijuana dispensaries were obtained through Weedmaps.com . Using conditionally autoregressive models, local and spatially lagged dispensaries show a positive relationship to rates of referrals in the unadjusted models. However, when we adjust for alcohol outlet density and measures of social disorganization, this relationship is no longer significant. Although this study does not find a relationship between medical marijuana dispensaries and referrals for investigations of child maltreatment, it should not be considered a definitive finding of this relationship. The increasing number of states that are allowing marijuana to be used for medical and recreational purposes is resulting in more people using the drug and the effects on parenting are still unknown.

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The Multitude of Alehouses: The Effects of Alcohol Outlet Density on Highway Safety

The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy ◽

10.1515/bejeap-2012-0051 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 1023-1050 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Meng-Chi Tang

Keyword(s):

Fixed Effects ◽

Traffic Accidents ◽

Alcoholic Beverage ◽

Distance Effect ◽

Highway Safety ◽

Driving Under The Influence ◽

Alcohol Outlet ◽

Alcohol Outlets ◽

Alcohol Outlet Density ◽

Outlet Density

Abstract This article reports the use of detailed panel data on alcoholic beverage outlet licensing in Texas to determine the effects of alcohol outlet density on highway safety. After controlling for county heterogeneity, county and year fixed effects, and county-specific time trends, this study shows that alcohol outlet density decreases expected alcohol-related traffic accidents and arrests for driving under the influence (DUI). The negative correlation can be explained according to the reduced travel distance between alcohol outlets and home, but this distance effect does not appear when the number of off-premise alcohol outlets increases. The empirical results of this study show that the off-premise alcohol outlet density is negatively related to the number of expected accidents and DUI arrests. These results indicate that on-premise consumption decreases according to the number of available off-premise outlets. The results also indicate that this effect originates mainly from the off-premise outlets that sell alcoholic products with a relatively low alcohol content.

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Alcohol outlet density and assault: a spatial analysis

Addiction ◽

10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02136.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 103 (4) ◽

pp. 619-628 ◽

Cited By ~ 120

Author(s):

Michael Livingston

Keyword(s):

Spatial Analysis ◽

Alcohol Outlet ◽

Alcohol Outlet Density ◽

Outlet Density

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National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), 1994-2008: Wave III Alcohol Outlet Density [Restricted Use]

ICPSR Data Holdings ◽

10.3886/icpsr28841.v2 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Kathleen Mullan Harris ◽

J. Richard Udry

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Adolescent Health ◽

Add Health ◽

Alcohol Outlet ◽

Alcohol Outlet Density ◽

National Longitudinal Study ◽

Outlet Density ◽

Restricted Use

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The Application of Spatial Analysis to the Public Health Understanding of Alcohol and Alcohol-Related Problems

Geographic Information Systems and Health Applications ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-042-4.ch004 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 57-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Robert Lipton ◽

D. M. Gorman ◽

Paul Gruenewald

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Spatial Analysis ◽

Alcohol Problems ◽

General Context ◽

Alcohol Outlet ◽

The Public ◽

Alcohol Outlet Density ◽

Public Health Information ◽

Outlet Density ◽

Alcohol Related Problems

This chapter describes research that uses spatial modeling to address pressing issues related to a public health understanding of alcohol problems and violence. First, we introduce the language of spatial analysis used in prevention work and discuss the details of spatial research that result in useful public health information, particularly in regard to alcohol-related problems. Issues such as geo-mapping, variable selection, and area definition are discussed in regard to community level occurrence of such problems. We then discuss the general context for understanding the geographic relationship between alcohol outlet density and violent crime. Finally, we give a specific example of an analysis focusing on alcohol outlets and violence. This work is related to the major goal of studying the community geography of alcohol problems by mapping the alcohol environment, relating these features of the environment to the spatial distribution of problem events, and analyzing the statistical associations between these measures and drinking behaviors.

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