cannabis) that occurred in Italy in 2017. Using unique and high-frequency data on prescription drug sales and by exploiting the … light cannabis and anxiolytics, sedatives, opioids, anti-depressants, and antipsychotics. Such medical non-adherence is …

crime, but the zero-tolerance was also related to fewer jobs. Our findings reveal that cities benefit from having cannabis …Can individuals' aversion to drug markets curb the benefits of decriminalization? We investigate the effect of two … policies on housing demand in the Netherlands: the distance-to-school criterion, which closed some cannabis shops in a few …

"Legalisation" does not specify a policy. Cannabis could be made available for use by adults under a wide variety of … to their own devices. Policy-makers should keep in mind Pareto's Law, which applies to cannabis consumption: about four …

The effect of violence on people’s residential choice remains a debated topic in the literature on crime and conflict …. We examine the case of the drug war in Mexico, which dramatically increased the number of homicides since late 2006 … pre-existing drug distribution networks, and the interaction with supply shocks arising in Colombia captures the time …

: the introduction of electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). Using administrative datasets, we find PDMPs …

: the introduction of electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). Using administrative datasets, we find PDMPs …

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 …