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Investigating the Complexity of Naloxone Distribution : Which Policies Matter for Pharmacies and Potential Recipients

Smart, Rosanna; Powell, David; Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

. State efforts to reduce overdose deaths by removing barriers to naloxone have recently focused on pharmacy channels, but the … to heterogeneous effects across states and time-varying policy effects to estimate the effects on naloxone pharmacy … prescribing by pharmacists. We also estimate large, significant increases in pharmacy dispensation of naloxone prescribed by non …

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Synthetic Opioids Should Be Excluded When Examining the Association Between Cannabis Laws and Opioid Overdose Mortality

Shi, Yuyan; Liang, Di - 2019

We read with great interest the recent work in PNAS by Shover et al. revisiting the relationship between medical cannabis laws and opioid overdose mortality. They expand the 2014 Bachhuber et al. by adding 7 recent years of mortality data to cover a longer study period 1999-2017. They suggest...

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Is Cannabis a Gateway to Hard Drugs?

Melberg, Hans Olav; Bretteville-Jensen, Anne Line; … - 2007

controversial, but influential, hypothesis on a sample of cannabis users employing a unique set of drug prices. A flexible approach …

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On the Effects of Drug Policy

Jepsen, Gunnar Thorlund; Skott, Peter - 2000

This paper presents a simple analytical model of the market for hard drugs. The key assumptions are (i) a distinction between new users and existing addicts, (ii) imperfect competition, (iii) selective marketing efforts towards potential users, and (iv) the existence of policy effects on...

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The Effect of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries on Opioid and Heroin Overdose Mortality

Garin, Julio; Pohl, Vincent; Smith, Rhet A. - 2019

Opioid overdose is the most common cause of accidental death in the United States and no policy response has been able to contain this epidemic to date. We examine whether local access to medical cannabis can reduce opioid-related mortality. Using a unique data set of medical cannabis...

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Marijuana legalization and mental health

Borbely, Daniel; Lenhart, Otto; Norris, Jonathan; … - 2022

This study examines the effects of U.S. state-level marijuana policies on mental health. Using data from three nationally representative data sets and estimating difference-in-differences models that account for the staggered implementation of both medical and recreational marijuana legislation,...

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The intended and unintended effects of opioid policies on prescription opioids and crime

Deiana, Claudio; Giua, Ludovica - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 21 (2021) 2, pp. 751-792

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The intergenerational persistence of opioid dependence : evidence from administrative data

Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin - In: Health economics 31 (2022) 11, pp. 2425-2444

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Opioid crisis and real estate prices

Custodio, Claudia; Cvijanovic, Dragana; Wiedemann, Moritz - 2021

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Insurance Coverage and Provision of Opioid Treatment : Evidence from Medicare

Agniel, Denis; Cantor, Jonathan H.; Maclean, Johanna … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

occurred despite the availability of effective treatments. Methadone, one of just three medications approved by the Food & Drug …

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