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Can policy affect initiation of addictive substance use? : evidence from opioid prescribing
Sacks, Daniel W.; Hollingsworth, Alex; Thuy Dieu Nguyen; … - In: Journal of health economics 76 (2021), pp. 1-24
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Do medical marijuana laws reduce addictions and deaths related to pain killers?
Powell, David; Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo; Jacobson, Mireille - In: Journal of health economics 58 (2018), pp. 29-42
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The intergenerational transmission of opioid dependence: evidence from administrative data
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin - 2020
to 1990. We consider prescription opioids and have a close proxy for addiction to illicit opioids. We find that, if at … least one parent is using illicit opioids, the likelihood of the child using increases from 1.1 to 6.1%. For prescription … opioids, we observe an increase from 4.6 to 7.7%. Both associations are stable and do not change when controlling for …
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The intergenerational transmission of opioid dependence : evidence from administrative data
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin - 2020
to 1990. We consider prescription opioids and have a close proxy for addiction to illicit opioids. We find that, if at … least one parent is using illicit opioids, the likelihood of the child using increases from 1.1 to 6.1%. For prescription … opioids, we observe an increase from 4.6 to 7.7%. Both associations are stable and do not change when controlling for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012232057
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The opioid epidemic : causes and consequences
Arteaga Cabrales, Carolina; Barone, Victoria - 2021
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The opioid epidemic : a geography in two phases
McGranahan, David A.; Parker, Timothy S. - 2021
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The impact of cannabis access laws on opioid prescribing
McMichael, Benjamin J.; Van Horn, R. Lawrence; Viscusi, … - In: Journal of health economics 69 (2020), pp. 1-18
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What drives prescription opioid abuse? : evidence from migration
Finkelstein, Amy; Gentzkow, Matthew Aaron; Williams, Heidi - 2018
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The intergenerational transmission of opioid dependence : evidence from administrative data
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin - 2020 - This Version: July 2021
births from 1984 to 1990. We consider prescription opioids and a new proxy for addiction to illicit opioids. We find that, if … at least one parent is using illicit opioids, the likelihood of the child using increases from 1.1 to 7.1%. For … prescription opioids, we observe an increase from 4.6 to 7.7%. Both associations are stable and do not change when controlling for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012234528
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The elusive search for rights-centred public health approaches to drug policy : a comment
Csete, Joanne - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 2 (2020) 1, pp. 1-9
While it is common for United Nations member states in international meetings to espouse ‘public health approaches’ to drug policy, actual policies appear not to have caught up with this rhetoric. There is a lingering over-emphasis in narcotic drug policies on policing and incarceration at...
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