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 …

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 …

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

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 340B Drug Pricing Program was instituted to bolster the health care safety net without relying on taxpayer money … provision of charity care and unprofitable service lines. However, with 340B purchases now comprising over 13% of drug sales …, drug manufacturers argue that the program has grown beyond its original intent. They have responded to the rapid growth in …