TABLE 1—

Linking Regulatory Approaches to Public Health Objectives

	Public Health Objective to Minimize
Regulatory Choices	Youths’ Access and Use	Drugged Driving	Dependence and Addiction	Unwanted Contaminants and Uncertain Potency	Concurrent Use of Marijuana and Alcohola
Increase prices	X	X	X		?
Create state monopoly	X	X	X	X	X
Restrict and monitor licenses and licensees	X	X	X	X	X
Limit products sold	X	X	X	X
Limit marketing	X	X	X		X
Restrict public consumption	X	X	X		X
Measure and prevent impaired driving		X			X

^aIt is impossible to predict how concurrent use will influence social welfare under legalization, but because of the existing evidence it seems appropriate, at least initially, to minimize the concurrent use of marijuana and alcohol in public.