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 …

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

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 …

view overlooks a serious shortcoming in the drug patent system: the standards by which drugs are deemed unpatentable under … patent to motivate their development. If the idea for a drug is not novel or is obvious, perhaps because it was disclosed in … idea for a drug alone is generally of little value to the public. Without clinical trials proving the drug's safety and …

is little research comparing how these two types of laws affect drug consumption. Using a difference in difference …

commitments to international drug-naming protocols to circumventing Congressional intent for biosimilar substitution. Regrettably …, these policies reduce competition in the market for biologic drugs, impede drug innovation, increase drug costs, and limit …

This paper examines the evolution of drug use in Colombia over the past years. Our analysis, based on surveys from the … Dirección Nacional de Estupefacientes, shows that drug consumption grew substantially between 1996 and 2013. The growth occurred …

associated with Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-mandated clinical trials of new drugs. But the relationship between the patent … system and other regulation of drugs is more complex than this simple formulation suggests. Drug regulation operates in … profitability by diverting profits elsewhere. At the same time, resistance to high drug prices is prompting new state and federal …

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