A Practical Approach to Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Non-medical Opioid Use: a Focus on the Patient with Cancer-Related Pain

Supply-Side Drug Policy in the Presence of Substitutes: Evidence from the Introduction of Abuse-Deterrent Opioids

“…However, we observe larger effects even three years later. In Table 2, we present the parameterized estimates from equation (2) to quantify the total magnitude of the impacts of the reformulation on heroin deaths. We report the "three-year effect" of the reformulation (i.e., the effect through 2013), combining the intercept and slope shift coefficients from equation (2).…”

“…Less attention and funding have been directed to demand-side interventions, such as prevention and substance abuse treatment, which aim to reduce the prevalence of addiction. 2 While supply-side interventions often dominate the discussion surrounding drug policy, evidence of their effectiveness is mixed with many studies finding limited effects across a wide range of drugs (e.g., Dobkin and Nicosia 2009;Dobkin, Nicosia, and Weinberg 2014;and Pollack and Reuter 2014).…”