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Direct linkDeSimone, Jeff – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005
This study examines how drug injection and needle sharing propensities respond when a needle exchange program (NEP) is introduced into a city. I analyze 1989-1995 Drug Use Forecasting data on adult male arrestees from 24 large U.S. cities, in nine of which NEPs opened during the sample period. After controlling for cocaine and heroin prices, AIDS…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Males, Adults, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
