This paper investigates the impact of drug decriminalization in Portugal using the Synthetic Control Method. The … applied econometric methodology compares Portuguese drug-related variables with the ones extracted from a convex combination … in the number of heroine and cocaine seizures, a decrease in the number of offenses and drug-related deaths, and a …

A growing literature has examined how mandatory access prescription drug monitoring programs (MA PDMPs), laws that … on non-opioid drug prescribing, but these effects differ substantially across drug types …

The World Bank initiated a review of HIV prevention among injection drug users in Thailand, with the objective of … providing technical assistance to strengthen national capacity to develop state-of-the-art injecting drug use harm reduction … poorly Thailand has responded to the HIV epidemic among injection drug users (IDUs). From available data, it appears that the …