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Drug use and drug policy

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  • van Luijk, E.W.
  • van Ours, J.C.

    (Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management)

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Early in the twentieth century the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) had a government monopoly on the import, refining, and retailing of opium. There were regional differences in opium policy ranging from areas with prohibition to areas where opium use was hardly restricted. We analyze 1930 data from administrative files and find that a strict opium policy was implemented in areas in which opium use among indigenous users was low anyway. We find some evidence that a strict opium policy had a negative effect on drug use by Chinese.
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  • van Luijk, E.W. & van Ours, J.C., 2002. "Drug use and drug policy," Other publications TiSEM 263451b5-aad4-40b5-a7b4-6, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    • Handle: RePEc:tiu:tiutis:263451b5-aad4-40b5-a7b4-61f760a2b275
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    1. Robert MacCoun & Peter Reuter, 2002. "PREFACE The Varieties of Drug Control at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 582(1), pages 7-19, July.
    2. MacCoun Robert & Pacula Rosalie Liccardo & Chriqui Jamie & Harris Katherine & Reuter Peter, 2009. "Do Citizens Know Whether Their State Has Decriminalized Marijuana? Assessing the Perceptual Component of Deterrence Theory," Review of Law & Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 5(1), pages 347-371, June.

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    JEL classification:

    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • N35 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Asia including Middle East

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