Do-It-Yourself medicine? The impact of light cannabis liberalization on prescription drugsстатья из журнала
Аннотация: Governments worldwide are increasingly concerned about the booming use of CBD (cannabidiol) products. However, we know little about the impact of their liberalization. We study a unique case of unintended liberalization of a CBD-based product (light cannabis) that occurred in Italy in 2017. Using unique and high-frequency data on prescription drug sales and by exploiting the staggered local availability of the new product in each Italian province, we document a significant substitution effect between light cannabis and anxiolytics, sedatives, opioids, anti-depressants and anti-psychotics. Results are informative for regulators and suggest that bans on light cannabis use would disregard the needs of patients to seek effective reliefs of their symptoms.
Год издания: 2020
Издательство: Elsevier BV
Источник: Journal of Health Economics
Ключевые слова: Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
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Econstor (Econstor) (PDF)
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PubMed (HTML)
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) (PDF)
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) (HTML)
EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (PDF)
EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (HTML)
Padua Research Archive (University of Padua) (PDF)
Padua Research Archive (University of Padua) (HTML)
Aisberg (University of Bergamo) (PDF)
Aisberg (University of Bergamo) (HTML)
RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (PDF)
RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (HTML)
EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (HTML)
Toulouse Capitole Publications (University Toulouse 1 Capitole) (HTML)
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) (HTML)
hal.science (HTML)
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) (HTML)
Econstor (Econstor) (PDF)
Econstor (Econstor) (HTML)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (PDF)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (HTML)
PubMed (HTML)
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Том: 74
Страницы: 102371–102371