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A search-theoretic model of the retail market for illegal drugs is developed. Trade occurs in bilateral, potentially long-lived matches between sellers and buyers. Buyers incur search costs when experimenting with a new seller. Moral hazard is p[...]Article : Périodique
In this paper, I conduct a review of the economics literature examining the relationship between alcohol use and the macro economy comparing methods, measures and findings. Like illicit drug consumption, the relationship between alcohol use and [...]Rapport
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.[...]Rapport
NICOSIA N. ; R. L. PACULA ; B. KILMER ; R. LUNDBERG ; J. CHIESA | Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation | Monograph series | 2009This first national estimate suggests that the economic cost of methamphetamine (meth) use in the United States reached $23.4 billion in 2005. Given the uncertainty in estimating the costs of meth use, this book provides a lower-bound estimate o[...]Périodique
R. L. PACULA ; F. J. CHALOUPKA | 2001ENGLISH : Drug addictions are often viewed as compulsive behaviors, not sensitive to the typical rules of self-discipline or market forces. Nonetheless, many governments try to discourage consumption of addictive substances through macro polic[...]Article : Périodique
Background: Marijuana potency has risen dramatically over the past two decades. In the United States, it is unclear whether state medical marijuana policies have contributed to this increase. Methods: Employing a differences-in-differences mode[...]Article : Périodique
V. LORENZETTI ; C. HINDOCHA ; K. PETRILLI ; P. GRIFFITHS ; J. BROWN ; A. CASTILLO-CARNIGLIA ; J. P. CAULKINS ; A. ENGLUND ; M. A. ElSOHLY ; S. H. GAGE ; T. GROSHKOVA ; A. GUAL ; D. HAMMOND ; W. LAWN ; H. LOPEZ-PELAYO ; J. MANTHEY ; C. MOKRYSZ ; R. L. PACULA ; M. VAN LAAR ; R. VANDREY ; E. WADSWORTH ; A. WINSTOCK ; W. HALL ; H. V. CURRAN ; T. P. FREEMAN |BACKGROUND: The lack of an agreed international minimum approach to measuring cannabis use hinders the integration of multidisciplinary evidence on the psychosocial, neurocognitive, clinical and public health consequences of cannabis use. METH[...]Article : Périodique
This paper reports estimates of the price elasticity of demand for heroin based on a newly constructed dataset. The dataset has two matched components concerning the same sample of regular heroin users: longitudinal information about real-world [...]Rapport
B. KILMER ; J. P. CAULKINS ; R. L. PACULA ; P. H. REUTER | Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation | Occasional Papers | 2012Discussions about reducing the harms associated with drug use and antidrug policies are often politicized, infused with questionable data, and unproductive. This paper provides a nonpartisan primer that should be of interest to those who are new[...]Article : Périodique
Background and aims: Prohibitions on producing, distributing and selling cannabis are loosening in various jurisdictions around the world. This paper describes the diversification of cannabis supply laws and discusses the challenges to and oppor[...]NouveautéRapport
B. KILMER ; S. S. EVERINGHAM ; J. P. CAULKINS ; G. MIDGETTE ; R. L. PACULA ; P. H. REUTER ; R. M. BURNS ; B. HAN ; R. LUNDBERG | Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation | Research Reports | 2014In January 2012, the U.S. White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) asked RAND to generate national estimates of the total number of users, total expenditures, and total consumption for four illicit drugs from 2000 to 2010: coca[...]Chapitre
R. L. PACULA ; R. J. MACCOUN ; P. REUTER ; J. CHRIQUI ; B. KILMER ; K. HARRIS ; L. PAOLI ; C. SCHAFER | Bingley [UK] : Emerald Group | Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research | 2005Although frequently discussed as a singular policy, there is tremendous variation in the laws and regulations surrounding so-called decriminalization policies adopted by Werstern countries, with many jurisdictions adopting depenalization policie[...]Périodique
J. P. CAULKINS ; R. L. PACULA ; S. PADDOCK ; J. CHIESA | 2004ENGLISH : School-based drug prevention is a central component of drug control strategies. This paper assesses quantitatively its contributions in the United States from a social policy perspective. The social benefits per participant stemming [...]Article : Périodique
Recent debates regarding liberalization of marijuana policies often rest on assumptions regarding the extent to which such policy changes would lead to a change in marijuana consumption and by whom. This paper reviews the economics literature as[...]