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A closer look at Doleac and Mukherjee (2022) and the effects of naloxone access laws on opioid ER admissions.

In their 2022 study, 'The Effects of Naloxone Access Laws on Opioid Abuse, Mortality, and Crime,' Doleac and Mukherjee conclude that broadening access to a life‐saving drug—naloxone—does not reduce opioid‐related mortality as the drug simultaneously encourages riskier drug use. I show issues with th...

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Published in:Economic Inquiry Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 54 - 88
Main Author: Alexeev, Sergey
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jan2026
Subjects:
Epidemiology
Emergency room visits
Pharmaceutical policy
Drug addict mortality
Research methodology
Opioid epidemic
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