sub-national Google searches over six months, identifying a strong and persistent increase in drug-related searches right … in drug-related Google searches. Finally, we examine individual-level survey responses that more directly capture policy …

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 …

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 …

explaining the rise in illicit drug use among the U.S. middle class requires an interaction of socio-economic decline and falling … system. Extending mental health care could motivate the mentally distressed to abstain from illicit drug consumption …

Simple OLS estimates of the effect of school-imposed penalties for drug use on a student's consumption of marijuana are … marijuana use to sanctions and thereby demonstrate the efficacy of school-imposed penalties as a deterrent to adolescent drug … use. This is the first evidence of such efficacy and, given what is known about the consequences of drug use, suggests …