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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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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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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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Stopping the flow: the effects of US-China cooperation on fentanyl markets and overdose deaths

Noland, Marcus; Contreras, Julieta; Rengifo-Keller, Lucas - 2025

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European drug report 2025 : trends and developments

2025

The European Drug Report 2025: Trends and Developments presents the EUDA's latest analysis of the drug situation in Europe. Focusing on illicit drug use, related harms and drug supply, the report provides a comprehensive set of national data across these themes, as well as on specialist drug...

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(I)llicit chains : some new hypotheses regarding a changing global cocaine market

Lien, Nicolas; Feltran, Gabriel de Santis - 2025

International cocaine trafficking from South America has increased significantly over the past decade. Based on mixed-methods research, we hypothesize that this change has been driven primarily by the globalization of its logistics, which has led to relevant technical and political changes along...

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Opiates and methamphetamine trafficking on the Balkan Route : drug flows, illicit incomes and illicit financial flows

2025

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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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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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There will be blood : the impact of drug trafficking on violence and economic well-being

Campo, Francesco; Maggio, Federico - 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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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 downward spiral: a macroeconomic analysis of the opioid crisis

Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kopecky, Karen A. - 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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Exposure to drug trafficking and school truancy : empirical evidence from Costa Rica

Barrado, Beatriz; Fernández-Gutiérrez, Marcos; … - 2024

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From poppy fields to black markets : understanding the drug trade across India and Myanmar

Banerjee, Sreeparna - 2024

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Economic opportunity and opioid regulation : the case of codeine in France

Natali, Ilaria - 2024

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Towards spatially disaggregated cocaine supply chain modeling

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

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Addiction and illegal markets

Ishiguro, Shingo; Mehmood, Sultan; Seror, Avner; Chen, … - 2024 - This draft: September 25, 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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European drug report 2024 : trends and developments

2024

The European Drug Report 2024: Trends and Developments presents the EMCDDA's latest analysis of the drug situation in Europe. Focusing on illicit drug use, related harms and drug supply, the report provides a comprehensive set of national data across these themes, as well as on specialist drug...

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Investigating the complexity of naloxone distribution : which policies matter for pharmacies and potential recipients

Smart, Rosanna; Powell, David; Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo; … - 2024

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Investigating the Complexity of Naloxone Distribution : Which Policies Matter for Pharmacies and Potential Recipients

Smart, Rosanna; Powell, David; Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo; … - 2023

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Investigating the Complexity of Naloxone Distribution : Which Policies Matter for Pharmacies and Potential Recipients

Smart, Rosanna; Powell, David; Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo; … - 2023

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When citizens legalize drugs

Lucchese, Elena; Roberti, Paolo - 2024

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Prioritising research and data collection in Africa's drug control policy

Basutu, Abel; Ongolo, Jane Marie Ogola - 2024

African countries have been experiencing an upsurge in public health problems as a result of the increased availability and use of psychoactive substances trafficked into the continent and also produced locally. However, mounting effective policy and programme interventions have been impeded by...

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Trying to make it : the enterprises, gangs, and people of the American Drug Trade by R.V. Gundur

Berry, Mark - 2024

This is a review of the 2023 IASOC Prize Winner Trying to Make It: The Enterprises, Gangs, and People of the American Drug Trade. By R.V. Gundur. Gundur offers a masterful account of the inner workings of the illicit drugs trade from the Mexico-US Border into the USA. His ethnography examines...

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Why higher copayments for opioids did not reduce use among Medicare beneficiaries

Joyce, Geoffrey; Zhou, Bo; Kaestner, Robert - 2024

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From alternative development to decolonisation : transforming drug crop policies in Bolivia

Farthing, Linda C.; Grisaffi, Thomas - 2024

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Insights into the value of the market for cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine in South Africa

Scheibe, Andrew; Shelly, Shaun; Stowe, M. J. - 2024

The illicit drug trade generates billions of dollars and sustains transnational criminal organisations. Drug markets can destabilise governance and undermine development. Data indicate increasing drug use in South Africa. However, information on the size and value of the drug market is limited....

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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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A two-wave death story : fentanyl overdoses in the US, bullets in Mexico

López Cruz, Iván G.; Torrens, Gustavo - 2026

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The impact of the war on drugs on union density : 1973-2022

Naples, Michele I. - 2026

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Legalizing harmful drugs : government participation and optimal policies

Arnabal Rocca, Luis Rodrigo - 2023

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Political campaigning, and racial discrimination in arrests for drugs

Barilari, Francesco; Zambiasi, Diego - 2023

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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....

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Behavioral responses to supply-side drug policy during the opioid epidemic

Balestra, Simone; Liebert, Helge; Maestas, Nicole; … - 2022

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Behavioral Responses to Supply-Side Drug Policy During the Opioid Epidemic

Balestra, Simone; Liebert, Helge; Maestas, Nicole; … - 2021

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Behavioral Responses to Supply-Side Drug Policy During the Opioid Epidemic

Balestra, Simone; Liebert, Helge; Maestas, Nicole; … - 2023

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Behavioral Responses to Supply-Side Drug Policy During the Opioid Epidemic

Balestra, Simone; Liebert, Helge; Maestas, Nicole; … - 2022

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Breaking Drug Trafficking Chains the Real Name Mailing Regulation and the Decline of Drug Use

Liang, Pinghan; Zou, Wei - 2023

Postal service has become an important channel for drug trafficking worldwide. This paper examines the impact of the real-name mailing regulation on drug use in a Chinese province. Based on the universe of drug arrest, the difference-in-differences analysis shows that after the implementation of...

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Disrupting Drug Markets : The Eﬀects of Crackdowns on Rogue Opioid Suppliers

Soliman, Adam - 2023

More than 564,000 Americans have died from an opioid-related overdose since 1999. In this paper, I estimate the impacts of enforcement actions taken against doctors on the supply of prescription opioids, black-market prices, and health outcomes. Exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in the...

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The Impact of Drugs and Drug Trafficking on the Situation in Central Asia

Zhekenov, Duman; Jakubayeva, Saltanat; Ahmadzai, B.G - 2023

Drug trafficking has created many problems for the Central Asian republics and caused significanthuman and financial losses. The high profit and prosperity of this trade have caused terrorist and extremist religious groups in this region to move in this direction to consolidate their power and...

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Recreational Marijuana Laws and the Use of Opioids : Evidence from NSDUH Microdata

Ali, Mir M.; McClellan, Chandler; Mutter, Ryan; Rees, … - 2021

Recent studies have concluded that state laws legalizing medical marijuana can reduce deaths from opioid overdoses. Using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, a survey uniquely suited to assessing drug misuse, we examine the relationship between recreational marijuana laws...

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Recreational Marijuana Laws and the Use of Opioids : Evidence from Nsduh Microdata

Ali, Mir M.; McCellan, Chandler B; Mutter, Ryan; Rees, … - 2023

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Work accident effect on the use of psychotropic drugs : the case of benzodiazepines

Barnay, Thomas; Baudot, François-Olivier - 2023

Background A work accident constitutes a shock to health, likely to alter mental states and afect the use of psy‑ chotropic drugs. We focus on the use of benzodiazepines, which are a class of drugs commonly used to treat anxi‑ ety and insomnia. Prolonged use can lead to dependence. Our...

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Drug trafficking on cryptomarkets and the role of organized crime groups

Kabra, Sankul; Gori, Saira - 2023

The shadows of a drug paddler may soon be invisible on the street corner as they have moved to online drug marketplaces called 'cryptomarkets'. The criminogenic attributes of drug trafficking on cryptomarkets have attracted organized crime groups (OCGs) to make use of technology to further its...

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

Akanni, J. O. - 2023

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 rate due to these two phenomena is increasing daily,...

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