What drug dealers tell us about their costs of doing business

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 323-340

  Caulkins, Jonathan P ^a   Johnson, Bruce ^b   Taylor, Angela ^b   Taylor, Lowell ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG TRAFFIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032765379     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204269902900211     Document Type: Article

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