Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Effects of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Laws on Overdose Deaths in the United States
PDMP must-query mandates are not uniformly protective across racial and ethnic groups. Increases in overdose mortality following adoption, particularly among Black and Hispanic populations, underscore the need to evaluate drug policies through an equity lens and consider broader structural determinants of health that shape their effectiveness.
Authors
- Sarala Sunder
- Victoria Jent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5695-081X)
- Katherine Wheeler-Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6806-4233)
- Magdalena Cerdá (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8441-7046)
- Spruha Joshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6261-330X)
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Milbank Quarterly
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.70057
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00