-enforcement efforts focus on capturing the leaders of the criminal organization, on community violence in the context of Mexico's drug war …. Newly available historical data on drug-trafficking organizations' areas of operation at the municipality level and monthly …

plausibly exogenous spatiotemporal variation in the homicide rate during the outbreak of drug-trade related violence in Mexico …This paper examines how firms in an emerging economy are affected by violence due to drug trafficking. Employing rich … longitudinal plant-level data covering all of Mexico from 2005–2010, and using an instrumental variable strategy that exploits …

We use data from a unique survey of members of drug-trafficking gangs in favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to … characterize drug-trafficking jobs and study the selection into gangs, analyzing what distinguishes gang-members from other youth …

This paper uses a unique dataset to examine the economics of cross-border drug smuggling. Our results reveal that loads … are generally quite large (median 30 kg), but with substantial variance within and across drug types. Males and females …

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. …

, on the instances of liquor and drug law violations on campuses, as measured by the number of arrests for liquor and drug … students in fraternities (but not sororities) is associated with an increase in the number of arrests for drug law violations …

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

(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 …