Substance use disorder (SUD) is a chronic, relapsing disease with a highly multifaceted
pathology that includes (but is not limited to) sensitivity to drug-associated cues, negative …

Objective: In the context of behavioral economics, drug use is a choice to which an
individual may allocate responding despite the presence of alternative response …

Medical marijuana laws generate significant debate regarding drug policy. For instance, if
marijuana is a complement to hard drugs, then these laws would increase the usage not …

Background Rates of methamphetamine use and methamphetamine-related deaths have
increased steadily in the United States in recent years. Methamphetamine is increasingly …

Because of the increased availability of price data over the past 15 years, several studies
have estimated the demand for illicit drugs, providing 462 estimates of the price elasticity …

Background Researchers have reported rampant caries among methamphetamine users.
The authors investigated the prevalence of dental disease and associated risk behaviors in …

Background Behavioral economics provides a framework in which to understand choice and
motivation in the field of substance use disorders. Hypothetical purchase tasks (HPT), which …

Cannabis advocates argue that legalization will increase tax revenues. However, if legal
substances are substitutes, cannabis revenues may cannibalize other taxes. We document …

This paper reports estimates of the price elasticity of demand for heroin based on a newly
constructed dataset. The dataset has two matched components concerning the same …

This paper is the thirty-fourth consecutive installment of the annual review of research
concerning the endogenous opioid system. It summarizes papers published during 2011 …