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From Addiction to Aggression: The Spillover Effects of Opioid Policies on Intimate Partner Violence

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  • Dhaval M. Dave
  • Bilge Erten
  • Pinar Keskin
  • Shuo Zhang

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We provide the first study of the downstream effects of a key supply-side intervention – the abuse-deterrent reformulation of a widely-diverted opioid, OxyContin – on intimate partner violence (IPV), the most common form of violence experienced by women. Leveraging administrative data on victim-reported incidents to law enforcement, combined with quasi-experimental methods, we find robust evidence that the reformulation significantly reduced IPV exposure for women. This overall decline, however, masks heterogeneity across subpopulations, and a notable uptick in heroin-involved IPV, underscoring the importance of identifying populations at high risk of substitution to illicit opioids and moderating this risk with evidence-based policies.

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  • Dhaval M. Dave & Bilge Erten & Pinar Keskin & Shuo Zhang, 2023. "From Addiction to Aggression: The Spillover Effects of Opioid Policies on Intimate Partner Violence," NBER Working Papers 31609, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:31609
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    • H0 - Public Economics - - General
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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