YUYAN SHI

Dr. Shi's research concentrates on economics, policy, epidemiological, behavioral, and spatial studies of drug abuse and related consequences, including but not limited to the abuse of tobacco, marijuana, alcohol, opioid analgesics, and other prescription and illicit drugs... Dr. Shi is primarily interested in the epidemiology, economics, and policies of marijuana use and marijuana use disorder. With medical marijuana policies adopted in over half states in the past two decades and recreational marijuana policies adopted in more than ten states recently, the marijuana-related legal, physical, economic, and marketing environments in the U.S. have changed dramatically. However, empirical studies on the influences of these policy and environmental changes remain very limited and simplistic, which substantially hinder the evidence-based public health policymaking. Dr. Shi's studies documented the epidemiology and spatial pattern of marijuana use outcomes in general population and..

Primary location: La Jolla United States