TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Borgschulte, Mark
AU  - Corredor-Waldron, Adriana
AU  - Marshall, Guillermo
        TI  - A Path Out: Prescription Drug Abuse, Treatment, and Suicide
        PY  - 2018/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11391
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11391
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - prescription drugs
KW  - drug abuse
KW  - drug addiction treatment
KW  - PDMP
KW  - suicide
        ER  -