Using existing research and original data, I discuss the development of a transatlantic drug market between Brazil and … West Africa and its implications on Brazil’s development and drug trafficking value chain. After establishing milestones of … drug traffickers, namely their strategies and use of violence by analyzing the development of maritime trade and the …

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 …

by a PHO, prescriptions were restricted to a month's supply of the drug, and doses must be dispensed daily, under … benzodiazepines following the reform. To examine subsequent health, labor market, and drug abuse-related outcomes, I additionally … exploit regional variation in PHO strictness affecting the likelihood that addicts opt to quit the drug due to the reform. I …

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 …