Cocaine's fall and marijuana's rise: Questions and insights based on new estimates of consumption and expenditures in US drug markets

Addiction

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 728-736

  Caulkins, Jonathan P ^a,b   Kilmer, Beau ^b   Reuter, Peter H ^b,c   Midgette, Greg ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Cocaine; Drug markets; Drug policy; Economics; Heroin; Methamphetamine; United States

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE;

CANNABIS SMOKING; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ECONOMICS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MARIJUANA ABUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

CANNABIS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927674347     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12628     Document Type: Article

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