Do Online Illicit Drug Market Exchanges Afford Rationality?

Prescription drug abuse in Canada and the diversion of prescription drugs into the illicit drug market.

Prescription drug abuse has received considerable attention in media reports in recent years. The purpose of this article is to describe the Canadian situation and context with regards to prescription drug abuse and the diversion of psychotropic prescription drugs into the illicit drug market, with a focus on the need for more data and interventions. Canada ranks within the top 10% of countries...

Economic Aspects of the Illicit Drug Market and Drug Enforcement Policies in the United Kingdom

Perceived neighborhood illicit drug selling, peer illicit drug disapproval and illicit drug use among U.S. high school seniors

BACKGROUND This study examined associations between perceived neighborhood illicit drug selling, peer illicit drug disapproval and illicit drug use among a large nationally representative sample of U.S. high school seniors. METHODS Data come from Monitoring the Future (2007-2011), an annual cross-sectional survey of U.S. high school seniors. Students reported neighborhood illicit drug selling...

Simulating sellers in online exchanges

Business-to-business (B2B) exchanges are expected to bring about lower prices for buyers through reverse auctions. Analysis of such settings for seller pricing behavior often points to mixed-strategy equilibria. In real life, it is plausible that managers learn this complex ideal behavior over time. We modeled the two-seller game in a synthetic environment, where two agents use a reinforcement ...

Alcohol and illicit drug dependence.

OBJECTIVES This article estimates the prevalence of alcohol and illicit drug dependence among Canadians aged 15 or older Comorbidity with depression is examined. DATA SOURCES The data are from the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health and Well-being and the National Population Health Survey. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES Cross-tabulations were used to estimate the prevalence of alcoh...