Search Results - subject:"Drug Use"

A non-linear optimal control model for illicit drug use and terrorism dynamics in developing countries with time-dependent control variables

Akanni, J. O. - In: Decision analytics journal 8 (2023), pp. 1-19

The burden of illicit drug use and terrorism has become a significant health and social problem in many developing … countries. Illicit drug use and terrorism have negatively affected the economy and development of some nations because the death … control measures for illicit drug use and terrorism requires considerable government spending. This study aims to formulate …

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Lifting up the lives of extremely disadvantaged youth : the role of staying in school longer

Ours, Jan C. van; Moschion, Julie - 2025

Using a sample of Australians who display high rates of early school-leaving, we compare the trajectories of respondents who left school at each incremental age between 14 and 17 with respondents who left at 18 years old or more, in terms of homelessness, incarceration, substance use and mental...

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Early hstory of cannabis use in Amsterdam

Ours, Jan C. van - 2025

Around 50 years ago, the Netherlands decriminalized cannabis for recreational use. This paper uses retrospective data on the ages at which individuals began and ceased cannabis use to reconstruct its prevalence in Amsterdam during the period surrounding the policy change. This approach enables a...

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Integration of the US cannabis market

Goodwin, Barry K. - In: American journal of agricultural economics 107 (2025) 2, pp. 440-464

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The effects of layoffs on opioid use and abuse

Morthorst, Marius Opstrup; Price, David J.; Thingholm, … - 2025

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Lifting up the lives of extremely disadvantaged youth : the role of staying in school longer

Moschion, Julie; Ours, Jan C. van - 2025

Using a sample of disadvantaged Australians, we compare trajectories of those who left school before 18 with those who left later, in terms of homelessness, incarceration, substance use and mental health issues. We estimate a staggered difference-in-difference to account for heterogenous...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015199832

Why are opioid prescribing rates higher in rural versus urban areas?

Sasser, Alicia; Young, Gary J.; Hasan, Md Mahmudul; … - 2025

Patients in rural areas have higher rates of opioid use and overdose than those in urban areas that are linked to the greater prevalence and amounts of opioids prescribed. We merge individual claims data with county-level supply and demand factors to examine this relationship between...

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Substitution and complementarity in the consumption of alcohol, cannabis, and opium

Chandra, Siddharth; Doshi, Gaurav - In: Health economics 34 (2025) 5, pp. 827-854

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What fueled the illicit opioid epidemic? : new evidence from a takeover of white powder heroin markets

Donahoe, J. Travis; Soliman, Adam - 2025

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Addiction in networks

Deroïan, Frédéric; Escudie, Philippine - 2025

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