Arbeitspapier
A Path Out: Prescription Drug Abuse, Treatment, and Suicide
In this paper we investigate the dual role of supply restrictions and drug treatment in combating the concurrent rise of opioid abuse and suicide in the United States over the last two decades. We find that supply-side interventions decrease suicides in places with strong addiction-help networks, implying that prescription drug abuse is associated with an inherent risk of suicide. Our findings support an important role for access to treatment services in policies designed to combat the opioid epidemic.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11391
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Consumer Economics: Theory
Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- Subject
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drug addiction treatment
drug abuse
prescription drugs
PDMP
suicide
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Borgschulte, Mark
Corredor-Waldron, Adriana
Marshall, Guillermo
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2018
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Borgschulte, Mark
- Corredor-Waldron, Adriana
- Marshall, Guillermo
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2018
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