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 …

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 the expense of urgently needed investment in health and social services …, mostly in the European Union, highlights that bringing public health evidence into the center of drug policy decision …

Drug shortages are emerging as a major public health threat. Grave concern has been expressed by the medical community … written to date in the legal literature about the drug shortage crisis, and this timely article begins to fill this gap. It … provides a thorough analysis of the origins and implications of the drug shortage problem and formulates a multi …