[Sds-seminars] S&DS Talk, Monday, 2/11, Abigail Z. Jacobs, "The diffusion of opioids in the family", DL 220

[Dan Spielman]

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ABIGAIL Z. JACOBS, University of California, Berkeley

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Date: Monday, February 11, 2019

Time: 4:00PM to 5:15PM

Location: Dunham Lab see map
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10 Hillhouse Avenue, Room 220

New Haven, CT

Website <https://azjacobs.com/>





*The diffusion of opioids in the family*



*Information and Abstract: *

Opioids are an effective, widely prescribed, and highly addictive class of
drugs used for pain management. The consequent broad access to these drugs
has contributed to the opioid epidemic, and drug overdoses are now the
leading cause of death for Americans under 50. Using data on hundreds of
millions of medical claims and 19 million opioid prescriptions in
Massachusetts between 2010 and 2015—by then the 7th highest state for death
rate by opioid-related overdoses—I will introduce evidence that the
diffusion of these medications within families has contributed to the
proliferation of opioid consumption. Moreover, these effects are unlikely
to be explained away by shared traits, environment, or mate selection. This
empirical perspective on the opioid epidemic within families—a ubiquitous
social structure—has important implications for policy.

*3:45 p.m.**   Pre-talk tea Dunham Lab, Suite 222, Breakroom 228*

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