Queens British Columbias Decision to Decriminalize Small Amounts of Opioids Discussion

discuss the idea behind British Columbia’s decision to decriminalize small amounts of opioids.

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Economic analysis of illicit drugs, Including effects on demand, supply, prices and other market outcomes. Market structure, drug pricing, and price discrimination in comparison to the legal drug market. Public policy issues such as legalization, costs of addiction, enforcement and punishment.Topic 1: Some Economic Basics  thinking at the margins, including opportunity costs, to best allocate scarce resourcesbasic economic concepts, demand and supply, price elasticity      Topic 2: Drug Supply and Criminal Organizations  illicit distribution of the flow of drugscriminal organization      Topic 3: Addictive Consumption  price and consumptionthe instability of demand for drugs      Topic 4: Economics of Prohibition  prohibition and crimelaw and economics      Topic 5: Optimal Public Intervention  optimal level of consumptioneconomics of crime      Topic 6: Enforcement  enforcement on both demand and supply sides    Topic 7: The Use of Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Professional Sports