TABLE 4.

Validation of state policy taxonomy using the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (N = 51 states)

	Initiation β	Quantity β	Distribution Regulation β	Overall Restrictiveness β
Proportion of state's population that:
Used marijuana in past year	0.693**	1.241***	0.980***	0.365***
Views it a “great risk” to use marijuana monthly	−1.113*	−1.828***	−1.276**	−0.527**
Views it a “great risk” to use marijuana weekly	−1.339*	−2.362***	−1.946***	−0.709***

Note: Results represent ordinary least squares regression coefficients run in separate models controlling on state-level unemployment rate, education level, poverty rate, ethnic diversity, age distribution, percent residing in urban areas, immigrant percentage, and rates of active church-going and political conservatism.

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p< .001