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The geographic variation in the cost of the opioid crisis

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  • Alex Brill

    (American Enterprise Institute)

  • Scott Ganz

    (American Enterprise Institute)

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Alex Brill and Scott Ganz estimate per-capita state-level and county-level non-mortality and total economic burdens of the opioid crisis in 2015.

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  • Alex Brill & Scott Ganz, 2018. "The geographic variation in the cost of the opioid crisis," AEI Economics Working Papers 976021, American Enterprise Institute.
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    1. Hollingsworth, Alex & Ruhm, Christopher J. & Simon, Kosali, 2017. "Macroeconomic conditions and opioid abuse," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 222-233.
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    Keywords

    pharmaceuticals; drug policy; addiction; drug industry; opioids; Opioid Crisis; Human Dignity Project;
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