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Do medical marijuana laws increase hard drug use?
Chu, Luke Yu-Wei - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348452
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Behavioral responses to supply-side drug policy during the opioid epidemic
Balestra, Simone; Liebert, Helge; Maestas, Nicole; … - 2022
We investigate behavioral responses to a staggered disruption in the supply of prescription opioids across U.S. states: the introduction of electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). Using administrative datasets, we find PDMPs curtail the proliferation of prescription opioids....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177127
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Behavioral responses to supply-side drug policy during the opioid epidemic
Balestra, Simone; Liebert, Helge; Maestas, Nicole; … - 2022
We investigate behavioral responses to a staggered disruption in the supply of prescription opioids across U.S. states: the introduction of electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). Using administrative datasets, we find PDMPs curtail the proliferation of prescription opioids....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013184104
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How the Reformulation of Oxycontin Ignited the Heroin Epidemic
Evans, William N.; Lieber, Ethan M.J; Power, Patrick - 2018
We attribute the recent quadrupling of heroin death rates to the August, 2010 reformulation of an oft-abused prescription opioid, OxyContin. The new abuse-deterrent formulation led many consumers to substitute to an inexpensive alternative, heroin. Using structural break techniques and variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014113277
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Medical cannabis availability and mental health : evidence from New York's medical cannabis program
Drake, Coleman; Nagy, Dylan; Slusky, David; Eisenberg, … - 2024
Evidence on cannabis legalization's effects on mental health remains scarce, despite both rapid increases in cannabis … use and an ongoing mental health crisis in the United States. We use granular geographic data to estimate medical cannabis … that medical cannabis availability had negative effects on mental health for the adult population overall. We also find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014535333
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Supply-Side Drug Policy in the Presence of Substitutes : Evidence from the Introduction of Abuse-Deterrent Opioids
Alpert, Abby - 2017
Overdose deaths from prescription opioid pain relievers nearly quadrupled between 1999 and 2010, making this the worst drug overdose epidemic in U.S. history. In response, numerous supply-side interventions have aimed to limit access to opioids. However, these supply disruptions may have the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965749
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The Effects of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on the Opioid Abuse Epidemic
Mohammadi, Zahra - 2018
Opioid abuse is currently the most significant public health problem in the US. Many US states have implemented prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) in response. In this paper, I use a new micro-level medical claims database to exploit state-level and time-series variations in PDMP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014116894
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Light cannabis and organized crime : evidence from (unintended) liberalization in Italy
Carrieri, Vincenzo; Madio, Leonardo; Principe, Francesco - 2018
remained substantially unexplored. This paper exploits the unintended liberalization of cannabis light (C-light, i.e. with low … significant reduction of other canapa-derived drugs (plants of cannabis and hashish). Back-to-envelope calculations suggest that … Liberalisierung des Cannabis Light (C-light, d.h. mit niedrigem THC-Gehalt) in Italien im Dezember 2016 mittels einer Gesetzeslücke …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011911524
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Do-it-yourself medicine? : the impact of light cannabis liberalization on prescription drugs
Carrieri, Vincenzo; Madio, Leonardo; Principe, Francesco - 2020
cannabis) that occurred in Italy in 2017. Using unique and high-frequency data on prescription drug sales and by exploiting the … light cannabis and anxiolytics, sedatives, opioids, anti-depressants, and antipsychotics. Such medical non-adherence is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012183060
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Medical Cannabis Availability and Mental Health : Evidence From New York's Medical Cannabis Program
Drake, Coleman; Nagy, Dylan; Slusky, David; Eisenberg, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Evidence on cannabis legalization's effects on mental health remains scarce, despite both rapid increases in cannabis … use and an ongoing mental health crisis in the United States. We use granular geographic data to estimate medical cannabis … that medical cannabis availability had negative effects on mental health for the adult population overall. We also find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544792