Citation

Anderson DM, Elsea D. Health Econ. 2014; 24(12): 1644-1650.

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/hec.3116

PMID

25294722

Abstract

In this note, we use data from the national and state Youth Risk Behavior Surveys for the period 1999 through 2011 to estimate the relationship between the Meth Project, an anti-methamphetamine advertising campaign, and meth use among high school students. During this period, a total of eight states adopted anti-meth advertising campaigns. After accounting for pre-existing downward trends in meth use, we find little evidence that the campaign curbed meth use in the full sample. We do find, however, some evidence that the Meth Project may have decreased meth use among White high school students. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Language: en