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A search-theoretic model of the retail market for illicit drugs

M. GALENIANOS ; R. L. PACULA ; N. PERSICO | 2012
Dans Review of Economic Studies (The) (Vol.79, n°3, 01/07/2012) Article : Périodique

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[...]

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Substance use and recessions: What can be learned from economic analyses of alcohol?

R. L. PACULA | 2011
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.22, n°5, September 2011) 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 [...]

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Supply-side drug policy in the presence of substitutes. Evidence from the introduction of abuse-deterrent opiods

A. ALPERT ; D. POWELL ; R. L. PACULA | 2017
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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.[...]

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The economic cost of methamphetamine use in the United States, 2005

NICOSIA N. ; R. L. PACULA ; B. KILMER ; R. LUNDBERG ; J. CHIESA | 2009
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This 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[...]

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The effects of macro-level interventions on addictive behavior

R. L. PACULA ; F. J. CHALOUPKA | 2001
Périodique

ENGLISH : 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[...]

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The effects of medical marijuana laws on potency

E. L. SEVIGNY ; R. L. PACULA ; P. HEATON | 2014
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.25, n°2, March 2014) 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[...]

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The International Cannabis Toolkit (iCannToolkit): a multidisciplinary expert consensus on minimum standards for measuring cannabis use [Addiction opinion and debate]

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 | 2022
Dans Addiction (Vol.117, n°6, June 2022) Article : Périodique

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[...]

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The price elasticity of demand for heroin: Matched longitudinal and experimental evidence

T. A. OLMSTEAD ; S. M. ALESSI ; B. KLINE ; R. L. PACULA ; N. M. PETRY | 2015
Dans Journal of Health Economics (Vol.41, May 2015) 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 [...]

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The U.S. drug policy landscape. Insights and opportunities for improving the view

B. KILMER ; J. P. CAULKINS ; R. L. PACULA ; P. H. REUTER | 2012
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Discussions 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[...]

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Understanding and learning from the diversification of cannabis supply laws [Addiction debate]

B. KILMER ; R. L. PACULA | 2017
Dans Addiction (Vol.112, n°7, July 2017) 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[...]

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What America's users spend on illegal drugs 2000-2010

B. KILMER ; S. S. EVERINGHAM ; J. P. CAULKINS ; G. MIDGETTE ; R. L. PACULA ; P. H. REUTER ; R. M. BURNS ; B. HAN ; R. LUNDBERG | 2014
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In 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[...]

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What does it mean to decriminalize marijuana? A cross-national empirical examination

R. L. PACULA ; R. J. MACCOUN ; P. REUTER ; J. CHRIQUI ; B. KILMER ; K. HARRIS ; L. PAOLI ; C. SCHAFER | 2005
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Although 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[...]

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What we can - and cannot - expect from school-based drug prevention

J. P. CAULKINS ; R. L. PACULA ; S. PADDOCK ; J. CHIESA | 2004
Périodique

ENGLISH : 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 [...]

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Why changes in price matter when thinking about marijuana policy: A review of the literature on the elasticity of demand

R. L. PACULA ; R. LUNDBERG | 2014
Dans Public Health Reviews (Vol.35, n°2, 2014) 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[...]

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