current citizens are willing to pay to reduce mortality risks. Although the VSL is commonly used in policymaking today, there …

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 dispensaries combined with county-level mortality data, we estimate the effect … experience 6% to 8% fewer opioid-related deaths among non-Hispanic white men. Mortality involving heroin declines by …

Mortality due to opioid overdoses has been growing rapidly in the U.S., with some states experiencing much steeper … increases than others. Legalizing medical cannabis could reduce opioid-related mortality if potential opioid users substitute … towards cannabis as a safer alternative. I show, however, that a substantial reduction in opioid-related mortality associated …

methods to provide both central estimates and bounds on the effect of health insurance on health and mortality among the near … average effect of uninsurance on mortality and health is plausible, some selection effects that might explain our full results …

We examine how different welfarist frameworks evaluate the social value of mortality risk-reduction. These frameworks …