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 …

We investigate behavioral responses to a staggered disruption in the supply of prescription opioids across U.S. states …: the introduction of electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). Using administrative datasets, we find PDMPs … curtail the proliferation of prescription opioids. Physicians respond to monitoring on the extensive margin, limiting the …

We investigate behavioral responses to a staggered disruption in the supply of prescription opioids across U.S. states …: the introduction of electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). Using administrative datasets, we find PDMPs … curtail the proliferation of prescription opioids. Physicians respond to monitoring on the extensive margin, limiting the …

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 …

determining the short, medium, and long-term impact of Portuguese decriminalization on mortality due to drug use and homicides … employing violence after decriminalization. Empirically, we estimate a negative short-run effect on drug-related deaths and null …There is scarce empirical evidence on the impacts of drug consumption decriminalization, especially, on problematic …