for drug offenses. Unlike other states, California has had a policy of mandatory diversion to drug treatment for non …-violent drug offenders since mid-2001 (Proposition 36). Using a rich dataset including current and prior criminal charges from 1995 … through 2005 in California, we examine whether disparities in court dispositions to prison and drug treatment between White …

. State efforts to reduce overdose deaths by removing barriers to naloxone have recently focused on pharmacy channels, but the … to heterogeneous effects across states and time-varying policy effects to estimate the effects on naloxone pharmacy … prescribing by pharmacists. We also estimate large, significant increases in pharmacy dispensation of naloxone prescribed by non …

utilize preferred pharmacy networks to reduce drug prices. We show that, in the Medicare Part D program, drug plans with more … copays, pay lower retail drug prices. We then use estimates of plan and pharmacy demand to estimate the first-order costs and … against consumer surplus losses from restricted access. In both public and private prescription drug insurance plans, issuers …

This paper examines the effectiveness of drug courts to reduce the size of the incarcerated drug-offending population … that very few of those entering state prison in 2004 or jail in 2002 would have been eligible for drug diversion through … state drug courts. The policy implication is that drug courts and other diversion programs require substantial redesign if …

effects from regulations targeting one drug. Using weekly prescription data spanning 2007-2017, this study finds that …

This paper examines the effect of drug prohibition on the black market prices of cocaine and heroin. The paper examines …

The number of prisoners incarcerated on drug-related offenses rose fifteen-fold between 1980 and 2000. This paper … increase in drug prisoners led to reductions in expected time served for other crimes, especially for less serious offenses …. Reductions in time served, however, increased other crimes by no more than a few percent. Moreover, incarcerating drug offenders …

Preferences and attitudes to illicit drug policy held by individuals are likely to be an important influence in the … development of illicit drug policy. Among the key factors impacting on an individual's preferences over substance use policy are … their beliefs about the costs and benefits of drug use, their own drug use history, and the extent of drug use amongst their …