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

The opioid epidemic is a national public health emergency. As the number of fatal overdoses and drug abuse skyrockets … examined the effects of policies introduced by states to restrict prescription drug supply on drug abuse, there is no study … analyzing their effects on children. This paper estimates the effect of must-access prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs …

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 …

We examine the impact of new medical information on drug safety on preventive health behavior. We exploit the release … spillover effects of drug safety on health behavior were entirely driven by the less educated. These findings suggest that …