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Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, Opioid Abuse, and Crime
Dave, Dhaval - 2018
We study the spillover effects of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) on crime, and in the process inform how policies that restrict access to Rx opioids per se within the healthcare system would impact broader non-health domains. In response to the substantial increase in opioid use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911712
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How the Reformulation of Oxycontin Ignited the Heroin Epidemic
Evans, William N. - 2018
We attribute the recent quadrupling of heroin death rates to the August, 2010 reformulation of an oft-abused prescription opioid, OxyContin. The new abuse-deterrent formulation led many consumers to substitute to an inexpensive alternative, heroin. Using structural break techniques and variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012922226
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Supply-Side Drug Policy in the Presence of Substitutes : Evidence from the Introduction of Abuse-Deterrent Opioids
Alpert, Abby; Powell, David; Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo - 2021
Overdose deaths from prescription opioid pain relievers nearly quadrupled between 1999 and 2010, making this the worst drug overdose epidemic in U.S. history. In response, numerous supply-side interventions have aimed to limit access to opioids. However, these supply disruptions may have the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013312463
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Medical Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana Use
Anderson, D. Mark - 2014
While at least a dozen state legislatures in the United States have recently considered bills to allow the consumption of marijuana for medicinal purposes, the federal government is intensifying its efforts to close medical marijuana dispensaries. Federal officials contend that the legalization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050159
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The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on Marijuana, Alcohol, and Hard Drug Use
Wen, Hefei - 2014
21 states and the District of Columbia currently have laws that permit marijuana use for medical purposes, often termed medical marijuana laws (MMLs). We tested the effects of MMLs adopted in seven states between 2004 and 2011 on adolescent and adult marijuana, alcohol, and hard drug use. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054048
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Assessing the Effects of Medical Marijuana Laws on Marijuana and Alcohol Use : The Devil is in the Details
Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo - 2013
This paper sheds light on previous inconsistencies identified in the literature regarding the relationship between medical marijuana laws (MML) and recreational marijuana use by closely examining the importance of policy dimensions (registration requirements, home cultivation, dispensaries) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013077953
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The Taxation of Recreational Marijuana : Evidence from Washington State
Hansen, Benjamin - 2017
The median United States voter supports the legalization of marijuana, at least in part due to a desire to increase state tax revenues. However, states with legal markets have implemented wildly different regulatory schemes with tax rates ranging from 3.75 to 37 percent, indicating that policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950835
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The Problem of Data Quality in Analyses of Opioid Regulation : The Case of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
Horwitz, Jill R. - 2018
States, which have the primary legal role in regulating the prescribing and dispensing of prescription medications, have created Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP) to try to reduce inappropriate prescribing, dispensing, and related harm. Research assessing whether these interventions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911717
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Why Do Some People Want to Legalize Cannabis Use?
Williams, Jenny - 2011
current use and past use of cannabis are major determinants of being in favor of legalization. These results control for … reverse causality from favorable attitudes to use. We also find that cannabis users are more in favor of legalization the … longer they have used cannabis and, among past users, the more recent their own drug using experience. This may reflect that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129209
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Identifying Sibling Influence on Teenage Substance Use
Altonji, Joseph G. - 2010
A number of studies have found substantial correlations in risky behavior between siblings, raising the possibility that adolescents may directly influence the actions of their brothers or sisters. We assess the extent to which correlations in substance use and selling drugs are due to causal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136547