: 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 …

findings suggest that supply-side economic incentives might have played an important role in the opioid epidemic. …

by a PHO, prescriptions were restricted to a month's supply of the drug, and doses must be dispensed daily, under … supervision, in a pharmacy. I identify a sample of opioids addicts in administrative social security data and study their response … benzodiazepines following the reform. To examine subsequent health, labor market, and drug abuse-related outcomes, I additionally …

In response to the epidemic of prescription-drug abuse, now 49 US states have passed legislation to establish … Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). These programs track controlled-substance prescribing and usage behavior in an … effort to improve patient outcomes and identify and preempt access by drug abusers. We exploit variation in the timing of …

In this paper we investigate the dual role of supply restrictions and drug treatment in combating the concurrent rise … decrease suicides in places with strong addiction-help networks, implying that prescription drug abuse is associated with an … combat the opioid epidemic. …

cannabis) that occurred in Italy in 2017. Using unique and high-frequency data on prescription drug sales and by exploiting the …