including increased access to naloxone, a drug that can save lives when administered during an overdose. There is a concern that … measure the effects of broadening access to this lifesaving drug. We find that broadened access led to more opioid …-related emergency room visits and more opioid-related theft, with no net measurable reduction in opioid-related mortality. We conclude …

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 …

: 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 …

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 …

(CDA) but avoid classification as illegal and detection in standard drug tests. To conduct the analysis, I have assembled a … seizures, random mandatory drug test results, various measures of harm, violence, and causes of death. I first document a large … NPS. The analysis exploits cross-prison variation in the initial size of the drug market and shows high-intensity NPS …

time period, several U.S. states have legalized medical marijuana, a drug that can also be used for pain relief. As a …

pharmacies can be attributed to drug diversion. In addition, we find that independent pharmacies' OxyContin dispensing is higher … independent pharmacies are more likely to be linked to drug diversion. First, they have stronger financial incentives due to lower … expected costs of misdoing. Second, they may have less information on patients' prescription drug use history. Prescription …