Abstract
Behavioral economic concepts have proven useful for an overall understanding of the regulation of behavior by environmental commodities and complements a pharmacological perspective on drug abuse in several ways. First, a quantitative assessment of drug demand, equated in terms of drug potency, allows meaningful comparisons to be made among drug reinforcers within and across pharmacological classes. Second, behavioral economics provides a conceptual framework for understanding key factors, both pharmacological and environmental, that contribute to reductions in consumption of illicit drugs. Finally, behavioral economics provides a basis for generalization from laboratory and clinical studies to the developmentof novel behavioral and pharmacological therapies.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 20-28 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Mol Interv |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacy