title: Drug law enforcement expenditures and drug-induced deaths.
abstract: The association between federal expenditures for drug law enforcement and the number of drug-induced deaths in the USA from 1981 through 1991 was examined. Significant positive associations were found for both numbers of deaths and death rates.
authors.affiliation: Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Duncan
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D002423:Cause of Death; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality*; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000506:poisoning*; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs