Despite the significant cost of prescription (Rx) drug abuse and calls from policy makers for effective interventions … prescription drug monitoring (PDMP) programs which is a key policy targeting the non-medical use of Rx drugs. Based on objective … utilization rates by actually requiring providers to query the PDMP prior to prescribing a controlled drug, are significantly …

We study the spillover effects of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) on crime, and in the process inform how … a decrease in crime-related arrests as well as drug-related arrests. Overall, these results provide additional evidence …