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Opioid overdose deaths and Florida's crackdown on pill mills

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  • Kennedy-Hendricks, A.
  • Richey, M.
  • McGinty, E.E.
  • Stuart, E.A.
  • Barry, C.L.
  • Webster, D.W.

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Objectives.We examined the effect on opioid overdose mortality of Florida state laws and law enforcement operations targeting "pill mills." Methods. We collected 2003 to 2012 mortality data from the Florida Department of Health and the North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics (the comparison state) to estimate changes in the rates of death from prescription opioid, heroin, or any opioid overdose. Results. Florida's actions were associated with an estimated 1029 lives saved from prescription opioid overdose over a 34-month period. Estimated reductions in deaths grew over the intervention period, with rates per 100 000 population that were 0.6 lower in 2010, 1.8 lower in 2011, and 3.0 lower in 2012 than what would have been expected had the changes inmortality rate trends in Florida been the same as changes in trends in North Carolina. Florida's mortality rates from heroin and total opioid overdose were also lower than anticipated relative to changes in trends in North Carolina. Conclusions. Findings from this study indicate that laws regulating pain clinics and enforcement of these laws may, in combination, reduce opioid overdose deaths.

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  • Kennedy-Hendricks, A. & Richey, M. & McGinty, E.E. & Stuart, E.A. & Barry, C.L. & Webster, D.W., 2016. "Opioid overdose deaths and Florida's crackdown on pill mills," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 106(2), pages 291-297.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2015.302953_2
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302953
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    4. Jia, Jing & Li, Zhongtian, 2024. "Opioid abuse and labor investment efficiency," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 89(PA), pages 1267-1285.
    5. Thomas C. Buchmueller & Colleen M. Carey & Giacomo Meille, 2019. "How Well Do Doctors Know Their Patients? Evidence from a Mandatory Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Program," NBER Working Papers 26159, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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