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 …

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 …

local markets in Chile. Public pharmacies sell the same drugs at a third of private pharmacy prices, because of stronger …. The countrywide entry of public pharmacies would reduce yearly consumer drug expenditure by 1.5 percent …

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 …

pharmacy to enter, and 2300 for pediatricians. The population has to more than double for the second professional to enter. To …