This study is an empirical assessment of the impact of the drug decriminalization policy followed by Portugal in July … sequence of the policy change. This result contrasts with the argument that softer drug law enforcement necessarily leads to … lower prices and, consequently, to higher drug usage rates and dependence. …

: the introduction of electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). Using administrative datasets, we find PDMPs …

This paper investigates the impact of drug decriminalization in Portugal using the Synthetic Control Method. The … applied econometric methodology compares Portuguese drug-related variables with the ones extracted from a convex combination … in the number of heroine and cocaine seizures, a decrease in the number of offenses and drug-related deaths, and a …

In this paper we investigate the dual role of supply restrictions and drug treatment in combating the concurrent rise … decrease suicides in places with strong addiction-help networks, implying that prescription drug abuse is associated with an …

cannabis) that occurred in Italy in 2017. Using unique and high-frequency data on prescription drug sales and by exploiting the …

In response to the epidemic of prescription-drug abuse, now 49 US states have passed legislation to establish … Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). These programs track controlled-substance prescribing and usage behavior in an … effort to improve patient outcomes and identify and preempt access by drug abusers. We exploit variation in the timing of …

(CDA) but avoid classification as illegal and detection in standard drug tests. To conduct the analysis, I have assembled a … seizures, random mandatory drug test results, various measures of harm, violence, and causes of death. I first document a large … NPS. The analysis exploits cross-prison variation in the initial size of the drug market and shows high-intensity NPS …