We examine the effects of must-access prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) and recent regulations limiting the …

previous drug epidemics; this finding is consistent with the pharmacological difference between opioids and stimulant … substances (e.g., cocaine) that dominated earlier drug epidemic periods characterized by higher levels of crime. Through the …

dosages, long prescription durations, or harmfully interacting medications. Cross-sectionally, regions with higher …

Misuse of prescription opioids is a leading cause of premature death in the United States. We use new state government … predicted in advance of an initial opioid prescription. Our models accurately predict these outcomes and identify particular …

We study the spillover effects of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) on crime, and in the process inform how … all states to collect, monitor, and analyze prescription opioid data with the goal of preventing misuse and the diversion … a decrease in crime-related arrests as well as drug-related arrests. Overall, these results provide additional evidence …

insurance programs in the United States. This paper examines how the recent transition of the opioid crisis from prescription … in access to abusable prescription opioids to date, to study the effects of substitution to illicit markets. We observe …

We examine the impact of the drug crisis that has unfolded over the last three decades in the United States on children … point in a child's life, we measure children's exposure to the crisis with the cumulative drug-related mortality of likely … mortality of likely parents with a child's years of exposure to a non-triplicate prescription pad environment. Previous work by …

Recent evidence suggests that the short-term transition of the opioid crisis from prescription opioids to heroin can be … attributed to the reformulation of OxyContin, which substantially reduced access to abusable prescription opioids. In this paper …, we find that over a longer time horizon, reformulation stimulated illicit drug markets to grow and evolve. We compare …

In September 1997, the anti-obesity drugs Pondimin and Redux, ingredients in the popular drug combination fen … how consumers respond to drug withdrawals. In theory, remaining drugs in the therapeutic class could enjoy competitive … benefits, or suffer negative spillovers, from the withdrawal of a competing drug. Our findings suggest that, while the …