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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …