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  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the analysis, modeling, and engineering of drug policy in the United States and abroad.

Overview

Jonathan P. Caulkins is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses significant contributions to epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, pharmacology, toxicology, as well as sociology and political science.

The main topics covered in their research include opioid use disorder treatment, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, cannabis and cannabinoid research, forensic toxicology and drug analysis, HIV, drug use, and sexual risk, prenatal substance exposure effects, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Caulkins has published numerous papers, including these recent notable works:

  • Heroin use cannot be measured adequately with a general population survey, 2021, Addiction
  • The International Cannabis Toolkit (iCannToolkit): a multidisciplinary expert consensus on minimum standards for measuring cannabis use, 2021, Addiction
  • The optimal lockdown intensity for COVID-19, 2021, Journal of Mathematical Economics
  • Changes in self-reported cannabis use in the United States from 1979 to 2022, 2024, Addiction
  • The dawn of a new synthetic opioid era: the need for innovative interventions, 2020, Addiction

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Caulkins include:

  • Peter Reuter
  • Beau Kilmer
  • Bryce Pardo
  • Rosalie Liccardo Pacula
  • Dieter Graß

Their research has been published often in venues such as:

  • Addiction
  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
  • Global Crime
  • Journal of Mathematical Economics

In addition to journal articles, Caulkins has contributed to book publications, including "The Ecosystem Approach to Opioid Policy" published in 2023 by RAND Corporation eBooks.

Jonathan P. Caulkins was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 for contributions to the analysis, modeling, and engineering of drug policy in the United States and abroad.

Best Publications

  • Drug Policy and the Public Good

    Thomas F. Babor;Jonathan P. Caulkins;Griffith Edwards;Benedikt Fischer

  • Variation in cannabis potency and prices in a newly legal market: Evidence from 30 million cannabis sales in Washington state.

    Rosanna Smart;Jonathan P. Caulkins;Jonathan P. Caulkins;Beau Kilmer;Steven Davenport

  • What Price Data Tell Us about Drug Markets

    Jonathan P. Caulkins;Peter Reuter

  • Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know®

    Caulkins;Angela Hawken;Beau Kilmer;Mark Kleiman

  • Public health implications of legalising the production and sale of cannabis for medicinal and recreational use.

    Wayne Hall;Wayne Hall;Daniel Stjepanović;Jonathan Caulkins;Michael Lynskey

  • Drug policy and the public good: evidence for effective interventions

    John Strang;Thomas Babor;Jonathan Caulkins;Jonathan Caulkins;Benedikt Fischer;Benedikt Fischer

  • Optimal Control of Nonlinear Processes: With Applications in Drugs, Corruption, and Terror

    Dieter Grass;Jonathan P. Caulkins;Gustav Feichtinger;Gernot Tragler

  • Developing public health regulations for marijuana: lessons from alcohol and tobacco.

    Rosalie Liccardo Pacula;Beau Kilmer;Alexander C. Wagenaar;Frank J. Chaloupka

  • Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences: Throwing Away the Key or the Taxpayers' Money?

    Jonathan Caulkins;C. Rydell;William Schwabe;James Chiesa

  • How Drug Enforcement Affects Drug Prices

    Jonathan P. Caulkins;Peter Reuter

  • Marijuana Markets: Inferences from Reports by the Household Population:

    Jonathan P. Caulkins;Rosalie Liccardo Pacula

  • Altered State?: Assessing How Marijuana Legalization in California Could Influence Marijuana Consumption and Public Budgets

    Beau Kilmer;Jonathan P. Caulkins;Rosalie Liccardo Pacula;Robert J. MacCoun

  • Research NoteSell First, Fix Later: Impact of Patching on Software Quality

    Ashish Arora;Jonathan P. Caulkins;Rahul Telang

  • Enforcement or Treatment? Modeling the Relative Efficacy of Alternatives for Controlling Cocaine

    C. Peter Rydell;Jonathan P. Caulkins;Susan M. Sohler Everingham

  • A dynamic model of drug initiation: implications for treatment and drug control.

    Doris A. Behrens;Jonathan P. Caulkins;Gernot Tragler;Josef L. Haunschmied

  • An Ounce of Prevention, A Pound of Uncertainty: The Cost-Effectiveness of School-Based Drug Prevention Programs

    Jonathan P. Caulkins

  • Capacity Expansion and Equipment Replacement: a Unified Approach

    Jonathan P. Caulkins;Edward H. Kaplan;Peter Lurie;Thomas O'Connor

  • KINGPINS OR MULES: AN ANALYSIS OF DRUG OFFENDERS INCARCERATED IN FEDERAL AND STATE PRISONS

    Eric L. Sevigny;Jonathan P. Caulkins

  • Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know®

    Mark A.R. Kleiman;Jonathan P. Caulkins;Angela Hawken

  • Optimal Control of Drug Epidemics: Prevent and Treat--But Not at the Same Time?

    Doris A. Behrens;Jonathan P. Caulkins;Gernot Tragler;Gustav Feichtinger

  • Variation in Cannabis Potency and Prices in a Newly Legal Market

    Rosanna Smart;Jonathan P. Caulkins;Beau Kilmer;Steven S. Davenport

Frequent Co-Authors

Beau Kilmer
Beau Kilmer RAND Corporation
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula University of Southern California
David R. Foxcroft
David R. Foxcroft Oxford Brookes University
Ingeborg Rossow
Ingeborg Rossow Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Robin Room
Robin Room La Trobe University
María Elena Medina-Mora
María Elena Medina-Mora National Autonomous University of Mexico
Martin Y. Iguchi
Martin Y. Iguchi Georgetown University
Michael P. Johnson
Michael P. Johnson Pennsylvania State University
Bradley D. Stein
Bradley D. Stein RAND Corporation

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