Substance Abuse Treatment and Motor Vehicle Fatalities
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Substance Abuse Treatment and Motor Vehicle Fatalities
The danger of alcoholand drug-impaired driving implies that policies that reduce substance abuse can save lives. We study this issue in small US counties where access to substance abuse treatment can be measured directly through the presence of treatment facilities. We find that placing an additional treatment clinic in a county reduces the number of alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities by ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Southern Economic Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0038-4038
DOI: 10.4284/sej.2010.76.4.1032