in the number of heroine and cocaine seizures, a decrease in the number of offenses and drug-related deaths, and a …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 …

We analyze the effect of economic conditions early in life on individual mortality rate later in life, using business … indicators. We correct for secular changes over time and other mortality determinants. We nonparametrically compare those born in … a recession to those born in the preceding boom, and we estimate duration models where the individual's mortality rate …

The opioid epidemic is a national public health emergency. As the number of fatal overdoses and drug abuse skyrockets … examined the effects of policies introduced by states to restrict prescription drug supply on drug abuse, there is no study … analyzing their effects on children. This paper estimates the effect of must-access prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs …

The opioid crisis in the United States has resulted in a dramatic increase in overdose deaths in the last two decades …

properties that make the drug more difficult to misuse. The first such painkiller, a reformulated version of OxyContin, was … released in 2010. Previous research has found no net effect on opioid mortality, with users substituting away from OxyContin …The US is currently in the midst of the worst drug overdose epidemic in its history, with nearly 64,000 drug overdose …

-abused prescription opioid, OxyContin. The new abuse-deterrent formulation led many consumers to substitute to an inexpensive alternative … August, 2010, heroin deaths begin climbing the following month, and growth in heroin deaths was greater in areas with greater … pre-reformulation access to heroin and opioids. The reformulation did not generate a reduction in combined heroin and …