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 …

move there to purchase cannabis; (ii) enable the Lambeth police to reallocate effort towards other types of crime. We … offences by drug type, and for seven types of nondrug crime. We find that depenalization in Lambeth led to significant … effort towards non-drug crime: there are significant reductions in five types of non-drug crime, and significant improvements …

move there to purchase cannabis; (ii) enable the Lambeth police to reallocate effort towards other types of crime. We … offences by drug type, and for seven types of nondrug crime. We find that depenalization in Lambeth led to significant … effort towards non-drug crime: there are significant reductions in five types of non-drug crime, and significant improvements …

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 …

response to Covid-19 in New Zealand for six crime types in six cities. We then use the estimated models to forecast … counterfactual crime trajectories. Novel elements include cleanly defined lockdown periods, two distinct lockdowns with meaningful …

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 …