@article{ref1,
title="Supply-side disruption in cocaine production associated with cocaine-related maternal and child health outcomes in the United States",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2017",
author="Delcher, Chris and Livingston, Melvin and Wang, Yanning and Mowitz, Meredith and Maldonado-Molina, Mildred and Goldberger, Bruce A.",
volume="107",
number="5",
pages="812-814",
abstract="OBJECTIVEs. To investigate the effects of precursor chemical regulation aimed at reducing cocaine production on cocaine-related maternal and newborn hospital stays in the United States.<br><br>METHODS. We analyzed monthly counts of maternal and neonatal stays from January 2002 through December 2013 by using a quasi-experimental interrupted time series design. We estimated the preregulation linear trend, postregulation change in linear trend, and abrupt change in level.<br><br>RESULTS. The number of monthly cocaine-related maternal and neonatal stays decreased by 221 and 128 stays, respectively, following the cocaine precursor regulation change. We also observed a further decline in per-month maternal and neonatal stays of 18 and 8 stays, respectively.<br><br>CONCLUSIONS. A supply-side disruption in the United States cocaine market was associated with reduced hospital stays for 2 vulnerable populations: pregnant women and newborns. <br><br>RESULTS support findings that federal precursor regulation can positively reduce cocaine availability in the United States.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2017.303708",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.303708"
}