Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs

by: Committee on Understanding and Controlling the Demand for Illegal Drugs - National Research Council

Author: Committee on Understanding and Controlling the Demand for Illegal Drugs, National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

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Publication date: 23 September 2010

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ISBN: 0309159342 ISBN 13: 9780309159340

Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs by Committee on Understanding and Controlling the Demand for Illegal Drugs - National Research Council

Report of the ad hoc committee based on an October 2007 workshop and two follow-up meetings. Top page

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Despite efforts to reduce drug consumption in the United States over the past 35 years, drugs are just as cheap and available as they have ever been. Cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines continue to cause great harm in the country, particularly in minority communities in the major cities. Marijuana use remains a part of adolescent development for about half of the country's young people, although there is controversy about the extent of its harm. Given the persistence of drug demand in the face of lengthy and expensive efforts to control the markets, the National Institute of Justice asked the National Research Council to undertake a study of current research on the demand for drugs in order to help better focus national efforts to reduce that demand. This study complements the 2003 book, Informing America's Policy on Illegal Drugs by giving more attention to the sources of demand and assessing the potential of demand-side interventions to make a substantial difference to the nation's drug problems. Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs therefore focuses tightly on demand models in the field of economics and evaluates the data needs for advancing this relatively undeveloped area of investigation. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: National Academies Press

City: Washington

Pages: 124

More info: height 229 mm width 152 mm weight 200 gr thickness 15 mm

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Age recommended: Professional and scholarly

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC22) 363.45 Library of Congress Subject: Drug abuse - United States

Record updated at: 09 May, 2013 time: 20:08

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