Price and purity analysis for illicit drug: Data and conceptual issues

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Caulkins, Jonathan P ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Drug policy; Economic analysis; Illicit markets

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG PROGRAM; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MARKETING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DRUG COSTS; HUMANS; MARKETING; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249941026     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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