Legal access to alcohol and automobile accidents: Potential interactive effects of alcohol and drug consumption

IF 1.7 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Contemporary Economic Policy Pub Date : 2022-10-13 DOI:10.1111/coep.12594

Briggs Depew, Jacob Meyer

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Abstract

The combination of drugged and drunk driving is an important policy topic as some states and countries have liberalized prohibitions on substance use to varying degrees. In this study, we analyze the effect of legal access to alcohol on suspected drug impaired accidents. We find that accidents with suspected drug impairment significantly increase when a driver gains legal access to alcohol at age 21. Our findings suggest that even if alcohol and drug consumption are substitutes, as much of the literature suggests, potential interactive effects may offset the reduction in decreased alcohol consumption from drugs.

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合法获得酒精和汽车事故:酒精和药物消费的潜在相互影响

随着一些州和国家在不同程度上放宽了对药物使用的禁令，药物和酒后驾驶的结合是一个重要的政策话题。在本研究中，我们分析了合法获得酒精对可疑药物损害事故的影响。我们发现，当司机在21岁时获得合法饮酒许可时，疑似药物损害的事故显著增加。我们的研究结果表明，即使酒精和药物消费是替代品，正如许多文献所表明的那样，潜在的相互作用可能会抵消药物减少酒精消费的减少。

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3.10

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6.70%

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期刊介绍： Contemporary Economic Policy publishes scholarly economic research and analysis on issues of vital concern to business, government, and other decision makers. Leading western scholars, including three Nobel laureates, are among CEP"s authors. The objectives are to communicate results of high quality economic analysis to policymakers, focus high quality research and analysis on current policy issues of widespread concern, increase knowledge among economists of features of the economy key to understanding the impact of policy, and to advance methods of policy analysis.