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Beyond Africa and the war on drugs : reassessing drug markets research and policy

Klantschnig, Gernot; Carrier, Neil C. M.; Rusenga, Clemence - 2024

This article reassesses the book Africa and the War on Drugs (2012) and a related special journal issue (2016) in the light of drug market and policy developments since 2012. As part of this reassessment, we question some of the assumptions made in the book and special issue. More specifically,...

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Drugs and development : exploring nuances based on the accounts of Nigerian retail dealers

Nelson, Ediomo-Ubong E. - 2024

The production, distribution, and consumption of drugs has long been seen as a threat to social and economic development. On the other hand, conditions of unemployment and poverty foster expansion of illegal drug markets. In this study, I offer a nuanced view of the drugs/development connection...

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Drugs and development: Exploring nuances based on the accounts of Nigerian retail dealers

Nelson, Ediomo-Ubong E. - 2024

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The post-fentanyl urbanization of the opioid epidemic

Kucera, Alexander; Scavette, Adam; Porreca, Zachary - 2026

The geography of the U.S. opioid epidemic has shifted repeatedly across epidemic waves. After a period in which overdose mortality increasingly burdened rural and suburban communities, the fentanyl era appears to have redirected the crisis toward dense urban cores. Here, we document a post-2015...

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Cannabis use largely stable following partial legalization : cocaine use has been on the rise for several years

Bindler, Anna; Stoica, Andreea-Maria - 2026

Two years after the partial legalization of cannabis, this Weekly Report examines current developments in the German cannabis and other illicit drug markets. The analysis is based on police crime statistics, survey data, wastewater data, and price information. The number of recorded cannabis and...

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Understanding alcohol and cannabis bundling : evidence from a basket-based choice experiment

Staples, Aaron J.; Kilders, Valerie; Caputo, Vincenzina - 2026

This study uses a basket-based choice experiment with 2,010 U.S. adults to analyze alcohol and cannabis preferences in social settings following cannabis legalization. Through descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic modeling, we highlight the heterogeneous preferences consumers have for...

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Obeying in advance : Duterte's election and the onset of the Philippine drug war

Punongbayan, J. C. - 2026

I use event-level data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) to estimate the impact of Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs" on political violence in the Philippines. Constructing a balanced panel of 80 provinces observed weekly from January 2016 through June 2017, I estimate...

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Tracking cannabis in the national accounts

Soloveichik, Rachel - 2026

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Narco-deforestation: the environmental effects of coca cultivation

Tozzi, Giulia - 2026

This paper explores the environmental consequences of illegal drug production, specifically focusing on the impact of coca prices and cultivation on tree cover density in Peru. Using satellite imagery and granular data on the economic value of coca cultivation, I show that fluctuations in coca...

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Highlighting the collective harm : socially-framed appeals decrease intention to use drugs among people who use drugs

Xu, Sylvia Y.; Mulder, Laetitia; Rink, Floor - 2026

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Impact of legalization of recreational marijuana on drug law violations : evidence from US colleges and universities

Dills, Angela K.; Raghav, Manu - 2026

The use of various controlled and illegal substances, especially by young adults, has been a cause of much concern among policymakers, law enforcement officials, educators, and parents. State-level legalization of recreational marijuana in the United States raised concerns about potential...

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Impact of legalization of recreational marijuana on drug law violations : evidence from US colleges and universities

Dills, Angela K.; Raghav, Manu - 2026

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Exploring the quantitative impact of medical marijuana dispensaries on residential sale prices in Oklahoma

Clark, Joshua; Delgado, Michael S. - 2026

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The Amazon in the crossfire : review of the special chapter of the UN World Drug Report 2023 on the Amazon Basin

Brombacher, Daniel; Santos, Hector Fabio - 2023

This article reviews the chapter of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) World Drug Report (WDR) 2023 on 'The Nexus Between Drugs and Crimes that Affect the Environment and Convergent Crime in the Amazon Basin'. The WDR 2023 gathers the evidence on the multiple impacts of a...

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Drugs and the Marcos dictatorship : the beginnings of the Philippines' punitive drug regime (1970-1975)

Lasco, Gideon; Yu, Vincen Gregory - 2023

This article identifies the early dictatorship of former President Ferdinand Marcos as a significant moment in drug policy in the Philippines, as well as the wider Southeast Asian region. Using methods of critical discourse analysis and the notion of episodic history, it shows how the Marcos...

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Resilient drug economy and politicised control: The rise and fall of the administrative bureau of prohibited drugs in China, 1922-1925

Huang, Yun - 2023

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Resilient drug economy and politicised control : the rise and fall of the administrative bureau of prohibited drugs in China, 1922-1925

Huang, Yun - 2023

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

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

Chandra, Siddharth; Doshi, Gaurav - 2025

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An assessment of the implications of distribution remuneration and taxation policies on the final prices of prescription medicines : evidence from 35 countries

Leon, Giovanny; Carbonel, Christophe; Rampuria, Aparajit; … - 2025

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Hambre, desigualdad e ilegalidad : el circuito perverso del rezago social cocalero y la estigmatización del Macizo Colombiano

Alfonso R., Óscar A. - 2025

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Anatomy of opioid diversion : examining supply-side curtailment

Gui, Lance; Qin, Chuan; Xiao, Mo - 2025

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Cannabis regulations and crime: a meta-analysis

Castillo, María; Suescún Salazar, Cecilia; Weintraub, … - 2025

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Injection practices as seen by drug users in Senegal. an analysis of a "magnifying glass" effect of global health

Ndione, Albert Gautier; Desclaux, Alice; Ba, Idrissa; … - 2025

Sharing used injection equipment is one of the main ways in which drug users run the risk of infection (e.g., with HIV, or hepatitis B and C). This has led to the introduction of harm reduction (HR) strategies, such as needle exchange programmes (NEPs). Injection use is considered to be less...

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EU drug market : MDMA : in-depth analysis

2025

EU Drug Market: MDMA describes the European MDMA market from production to trafficking, distribution and use. It details the materials, processes and players involved at different stages and levels of the market. The module takes a threat assessment approach, identifying key issues and defining...

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Sip or smoke : the link between wine consumption and cannabis use

Ghvanidze, Sophie; Ščasný, Milan; Hanf, Jon - 2025

This study examines the relationship between cannabis and wine consumption, investigating whether these substances function as substitutes or complements. Using data from an online survey of 523 German wine consumers, including 215 cannabis users, we analyze consumption across four wine...

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Public perceptions of high-cost cancer drugs and the implications for reimbursement decisions

Noh, Youran; Son, Kyung-Bok - 2025

Background Reimbursing high-cost cancer drugs presents challenges in managing uncertainty, setting appropriate prices, and controlling pharmaceutical expenditures. We examined the perspectives of the South Korean public on high-cost cancer drugs and policy options to improve reimbursement for...

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Ex-ante analysis of the costs and benefits of legalizing cannabis markets in the Czech Republic

Čihák, Jakub; Dušek, Libor; Běláčková, Vendula - 2025

Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug worldwide. In countries with repressive drug policies, the costs of its prohibition plausibly outweigh the benefits. We conduct a cost-benefit analysis of cannabis legalization and regulation in the Czech Republic, taking into consideration...

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The opioid crisis, employee health capital, and corporate information production

Wang, Dongyue; Li, Leonard Leye; Lu, Louise Yi; Wilson, Mark - 2025

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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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A strategic analysis of narcoterrorism : counterterrorism, terrorist extortion, and illicit drug trafficking

Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Sandler, Todd - 2025

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Illicit drug trafficking via postal services : a scoping review of economic-criminological context and estimation methods

Raimondi, Agnese; Chopin, Julien; Caneppele, Stefano; … - 2025

Efficient and interconnected logistics networks, like postal services, provide powerful tools for criminal groups to organize cross-border drug trafficking by exploiting legitimate infrastructure. Despite postal services becoming inadvertent facilitators in smuggling, focused research on this...

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Medical cannabis regulation in Brazil : patients’ demands through the courts of justice

Martins, Luana; Policarpo, Frederico - 2025

States frequently conduct covert action, such as attempting to subvert or overthrow their rivals. When doing so, intervening states may deploy their own operatives or cooperate with proxy actors, including criminal organizations. Under what conditions do interveners use criminals for covert...

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On the utility of using a Policy Delphi for estimating the impacts of marijuana legalization on violence and crime

2025

Although several countries stand on the precipice of legally regulating recreational cannabis, what impacts cannabis reform will have on organized crime, drug-related violence and illicit drug markets remains virtually unknown. Publics and politicians are divided on whether cannabis regulation...

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The blind men and the elephant : measuring the environmental impact of Cannabis

Me, Angela - 2025

The article discusses the environmental impact of cannabis cultivation. Amidst the increasing interest in understanding the nexus between cannabis production, use, and the environment, it highlights the scarcity of research in this area and the lack of comparable data that could provide some...

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Transitioning to legality : how to regulate the adult use cannabis market in Colombia

Marín-Llanes, Lucas; Ramos-Torres, Beatriz Irene; … - 2025

Considering existing models in the United States, Uruguay, and Canada, this policy commentary highlights the need for context-specific regulatory frameworks for adult use cannabis markets that align with national objectives. Colombia, a major player both in the global cocaine trade and the...

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Market revenues and economic opportunities in the legal cannabis market in Uruguay

Rychert, Marta; Pardal, Mafalda; Queirolo, María del … - 2025

Background: The regulated cannabis market in Uruguay has received international attention as an alternative to profit-maximising cannabis legalisation models. However, relatively little is known about how this market has been operationalised. The goal of our policy commentary is to identify the...

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Navigating cannabis regulation in Morocco : historical context, socio-economic impact, and policy gaps

Tinasti, Khalid; Afsahi, Kenza - 2025

In Morocco, the 2021 legalization of medical and industrial cannabis represents a significant policy shift in a long history of cannabis cultivation, prohibition, and partial legitimization. The law, however, fails to address cannabis consumers, focusing instead on socio-economic benefits for...

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Cannabis regulation and development

2025

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When do supply-side drug control policies save lives? : evidence from pharmacy methadone restrictions

Donahoe, J. Travis; Drake, Coleman - 2025

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Racial and ethnic differences in quitting when marijuana retail markets are legal : evidence from California

Williams, Jenny; Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo; Smart, Rosanna - 2025

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Chains of dispossession and communities in struggle : the illegal opiate market in Guerrero (Mexico)

Giménez-Delgado, Inés - 2022

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Beyond Africa and the war on drugs: Reassessing drug markets research and policy

Klantschnig, Gernot; Carrier, Neil C. M.; Rusenga, Clemence - 2024

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Identifying the general equilibrium effects of narcotics enforcement

Porreca, Zachary - 2024

I analyze the demand side impacts of a supply side intervention into the market for illegal drugs in what has been described as America's largest open air drug market. Beginning in 2018, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office and the Philadelphia Police Department engaged in an ambitious...

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Identifying the general equilibrium effects of narcotics enforcement

Porreca, Zachary - 2024

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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 dispensary availability's effects on self-reported...

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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

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Towards spatially disaggregated cocaine supply chain modeling

Magliocca, Nicholas R.; Aksu, Ridvan; McSweeney, Kendra; … - 2024

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Marijuana legalization and truck safety

Balthrop, Andrew; Phares, Jonathan; Gordon, Ron; Scott, Alex - 2024

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Supply-side drug policy, polydrug use, and the economic effects of withdrawal symptoms

Ahammer, Alexander; Packham, Analisa - 2024

Despite the fact that 30 percent of opioid overdoses also involve a benzodiazepine, there is little policy guidance on how to curb concurrent misuse and even less evidence on how changes to co-prescribing practices can affect patients' economic trajectories. In 2012, Austria restricted access to...

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Supply-side drug policy, polydrug use, and the economic effects of withdrawal symptoms

Ahammer, Alexander; Packham, Analisa - 2024

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Supply-Side Drug Policy, Polydrug Use, and the Economic Effects of Withdrawal Symptoms

Ahammer, Alexander; Packham, Analisa - 2024

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EU drug market : heroin and other opioids : in-depth analysis

2024

EU Drug Market: Heroin and other opioids describes the European opioids market from production and trafficking to distribution and use. It details the processes, materials and players involved at various stages and levels of the market. The module takes a threat assessment approach, identifying...

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