Investigating Policy Options for Recreational Marijuana in New Hampshire

In this report, data from five states that have legalized recreational marijuana are analyzed in order to provide comparative knowledge for the New Hampshire state legislature to consider when discussing marijuana policy. After evaluating similarities between New Hampshire and states that have moved from legal medical marijuana to recreational marijuana, we selected five relevant states—Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Oregon—for our analysis. The main focuses of these analyses are the impact of legalization on the people and economy of the state and the relevance of the findings for New Hampshire marijuana policy.