Is crack cheaper than (powder) cocaine?

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1437-1443

  Caulkins, Jonathan P ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ARTICLE; CITY; COST; DATA BASE; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030704245     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb02865.x     Document Type: Article

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