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With a Little Help from My Friends: The Effects of Naloxone Access and Good Samaritan Laws on Opioid-Related Deaths / Daniel I. Rees, Joseph J. Sabia, Laura M. Argys, Joshua Latshaw, Dhaval Dave.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rees, Daniel I.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w23171.
- NBER working paper series no. w23171
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- With a Little Help from My Friends
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2017.
- Summary:
- In an effort to address the opioid epidemic, a majority of states have recently passed some version of a Naloxone Access Law (NAL) and/or a Good Samaritan Law (GSL). NALs allow lay persons to administer naloxone, which temporarily counteracts the effects of an opioid overdose; GSLs provide immunity from prosecution for drug possession to anyone who seeks medical assistance in the event of a drug overdose. This study is the first to examine the effect of these laws on opioid-related deaths. Using data from the National Vital Statistics System multiple cause-of-death mortality files for the period 1999-2014, we find that the adoption of a NAL is associated with a 9 to 11 percent reduction in opioid-related deaths. The estimated effect of GLSs on opioid-related deaths is of comparable magnitude, but not statistically significant at conventional levels. Finally, we find that neither NALs nor GSLs increase the recreational use of prescription painkillers.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- February 2017.
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